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The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018 : Building a Sustainable Future

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12-02-2018

This book covers a much longer period (1995–2014) with better data and country coverage than previous reports. The focus of the book is on natural capital and human capital since information for produced capital and net foreign assets has been well established by other institutions. For the first…

The COPs and the process of Capacity Building in the UNCCD throughout the years

FAO Launches Initiative to Scale Up Agroecology in Support of the SDGs

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13-04-2018

The Second International Symposium on Agroecology was held 3-5 April 2018 in Rome, Italy. Participants discussed how Agroecology can be scaled up so that it delivers benefits for multiple SDGs. They launched the 'Scaling up Agroecology Initiative' as a framework for concerted action and partnerships…

Restoration and repair of Earth's damaged ecosystems

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26-04-2018

In a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, reviewed more than 400 studies of large-scale disturbances — logging, agriculture, oil spills, dam-building, mining, and aquatic nutrient pollution — and their aftermath. It’s the most comprehensive such review to date. The takeaways:…

World Day To Combat Desertification 2018 at St. George's International School, Cologne

The Capacity Building Marketplace (CBM) of the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) held a tremendous activity on 15th of June 2018 at St. Georges International School of Cologne, Germany in celebration of World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD), which is actually commemorated on 17 June every year.

Photo Competition 2018 / Concours Photo 2018 / Concurso de Fotografía 2018 - VOTING PROCESS

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Out of all submissions during the last weeks, the Capacity Building Marketplace (CBM) Team is more than pleased and excited to announce the 20 pre-selected photos which are under consideration for the final stage of our 2018 Photo Competition.

From those 20 short-listed photos, each voter can choose up to 5 favorite pictures! Every vote has the same value and is equal to one point.

Visit Students from Bonn University at UNCCD

On Thursday the 5th July 2018, the UNCCD Secretariat, represented by its Capacity Building Marketplace (CBM) hosted students from the University of Bonn, completing the Masters in Agricultural and Food Economics (AFECO).

Global land use implications of dietary trends

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03-09-2018

Global food security and agricultural land management represent two urgent and intimately related challenges that humans must face. The authors quantify the changes in the global agricultural land footprint if the world were to adhere to the dietary guidelines put forth by the United States…

New Article: One hundred priority questions for landscape restoration in Europe

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07-09-2018

Highlights The authors identify 100 questions that, if answered, would enhance ecological restoration. Questions cover all aspects of landscape restoration in Europe. A wide range of restoration experts identified questions by voting and discussion. The authors hope these will be used by policy…

Climate Solutions: Best practices and success stories in ecovillages facing climate change.

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23-10-2018

Climate Change is a global phenomenon that affects the world in diverse ways, based on the fluctuations in your area and your geography. Problems range the spectrum in extremes, include drought, flooding, crop destruction, dangerously high temperatures, larger and more powerful storms, refugees,…

Special issue of "Frontiers in ecology and the environment" journal

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29-09-2016

Drylands: Desolate, scorched, uninhabitable? Scientists say otherwise

Land degradation, climate change and migration. Challenges for the EU and Africa

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30-09-2016

Land as a resource. European Commission. Land is a finite resource. It is subject to competing pressures from urbanisation, infrastructure, increased food, feed, fibre and fuel production and the provision of key ecosystem

World Economic and Social Survey 2016

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07-10-2016

The World Economic and Social Survey 2016 contributes to the debate on the implementation challenges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In addressing the specific challenge of building resilience to climate change, the Survey focuses attention on the population groups and communities…

2016 Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Insecurity – Investing in a Zero Hunger Generation

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14-12-2016

2016 Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Insecurity – Investing in a Zero Hunger Generation – the first post-Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) report of its kind. The report outlines declining progress towards defeating hunger in Asia and the Pacific, noting that nearly one-in-three…

International Land Deals for Agriculture - Fresh insights from the Land Matrix

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14-12-2016

Around the world, 26.7 million hectares of agricultural land have been transferred into the hands of foreign investors since the year 2000. This means that these investors possess approximately 2 per cent of the arable land worldwide, or roughly the equivalent to the total area covered by United…

Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Insecurity: Investing in a Zero Hunger Generation

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09-01-2017

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) launched the report titled, ‘Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Insecurity: Investing in a Zero Hunger Generation,’ at the 5th Global Forum of Leaders for Agricultural Science and Technology (GLAST-2016). GLAST-2016 addressed the…

Climate Change Knows No Borders. An analysis of climate induced migration, protection gaps and need for solidarity in South Asia

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11-01-2017

Climate change is having devastating impacts on communities’ lives, livelihoods and food security across South Asia. Its consequences are so severe that it is increasingly contributing to migration, and this incidence is likely to escalate much more in the years to come as climate change impacts…

Land Degradation Neutrality: Will Africa Achieve It? Institutional Solutions to Land Degradation and Restoration in Africa

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18-10-2018

Land Degradation Neutrality: Will Africa Achieve It? Institutional Solutions to Land Degradation and Restoration in Africa, chapter 5 from the recently published: "Climate Change and Multi-Dimensional Sustainability in African Agriculture"

Tamera water retention landscape to restore the water cycle and reduce vulnerability to droughts

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08-03-2017

Tamera, a farm of 154 ha, is located in the most arid region of Portugal (Alentejo). This area has shown significant trends of increasing erosion and desertification and climate change will most probably exacerbate these issues. Tamera has managed to counteract such trends of increasing erosion and…

Access to farmland gets quick and dirty in sub-Saharan Africa

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20-03-2017

Who can access and use the land? The answer to this age-old question is changing fast in many parts of rural Africa. Land that used to be allocated within the community by chiefs is now increasingly changing hands in more diverse ways. The wealthy and well-connected within the community or from…

The economic impact of climate change on European agriculture

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19-05-2017

A new study has estimated how changes to climate might affect the value of European farmland. Based on data for over 41 000 farms, the results suggest that their economic value could drop by up to 32%, depending on the climate scenario considered. Farms in southern Europe are particularly sensitive…

Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology from the Ground Up - New Book Examines Agroecology as the Future of Farming

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19-05-2017

Agroecology is our best option for creating an agrifood system capable of nurturing people, societies, and the planet. But it is still not widespread. Fertile Ground, edited by Groundswell International‘s Executive Director Steve Brescia, offers nine case studies authored by agroecologists from…

“Horrific” Increase in Worldwide Displacement-Over 30 million people were newly internally displaced in 2016 by conflict and disasters-Global Report on Internal Displacement 2017

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24-05-2017

Over 30 million people were newly internally displaced in 2016 by conflict and disasters, according to a new report. In examining trends around the world for its annual Global Report on Internal Displacement, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)…

Remote sensing for index insurance Findings and lessons learned for smallholder agriculture

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25-10-2017

Index insurance has a role to play in agricultural development and risk management, yet it faces operational and technical challenges to reach scale and sustainability. Data are a key challenge and were the focus of the project “Improving Agricultural Risk Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Remote…

Hungry in a world of plenty - millions on the brink of famine. Oxfam interactive map

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26-10-2017

Today, the world stands on the brink of unprecedented famines. About 30 million people are experiencing alarming hunger, severe levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in north-eastern Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen. 10 million of them are facing emergency and famine conditions. Famine…