Bonn, Germany – UNCCD met with the newly appointed Executive Director of The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) Mr. Zafar Makhmudov to discuss potential collaboration on regional projects within the UNCCD Drought Initiative as well as on programs that address sand and dust storms…

FAO Session on sustainable soil and land management will take place in Ankara, Turkey, on the occasion of the International Congress on "Successful Transformation toward Land Degradation Neutrality: Future Perspective." Event agenda

The past 50 years has seen unprecedented exploitation and destruction of the land, which produces the food that sustains each and every one of us. Over one third of the earth’s land is severely degraded and fertile soil is being lost at the rate of 24 billion tonnes a year, in part due to…

Our individual consumption and production choices have a lasting impact on land. Thus, restoring and protecting fragile areas is the responsibility of everyone who wants to eat, drink or breathe. Restoration of 150 million ha of degraded land can generate US$40 billion for small farmers and feed 200…

The Award recognizes excellence and innovation in efforts towards a land in balance, in line with achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG 15.3 Life on Land. Since UNCCD celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary this year, we focused on organizations and individuals qualifying…

Ibrahim Thiaw Under Secretary-General & Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification World Day of Combat Desertification Ankara, Turkey, 17 June 2019 Introduction Good morning, His Excellency Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkey, His Excellency Mr. Bekir Pakdemirli…