Avoiding, reducing and reversing land degradation requires investments in sustainable land management practices. The Land Degradation Neutrality Fund (LDN Fund), co-promoted by the UNCCD, is a first-of-its-kind fund that invests in profit-generating sustainable land management and land restoration…

Ankara, Turkey – To raise global awareness of desertification that affects the livelihoods of millions of people around the world and to mark the World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD), the government of Turkey, together with the Photographic Arts Federation and other partners, is launching an…

Bolgatanga, Ghana – Entrepreneurs and policy makers from Ghana, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali and Niger came together on 15-16 April to explore the potential of creating new markets for crops grown in the Sahel. The workshop, organized by UNCCD together with a social enterprise Aduna and a local NGO…

Bouznika, Morocco – The UNCCD Regional Coordination Unit for Africa is taking part in the OSS (L'Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel) board meeting to review and take decisions on the financial and activity report for the 2018 work plan as well as adopt the proposals for the current year. OSS is an…

The symposium is co-organized by the China National Sand Control and Desert Industry Society, the Department of Forestry and Grasslands of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Inner Mongolia Agriculture University, and is jointly supported by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration…

Santiago, Chile – The annual Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) on Sustainable Development opened on April 24 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). More than a thousand people, including representatives of government…

Marrakech, Morocco – The "Sustainability, Stability and Security" (3S) Initiative was presented at the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Marrakech on 18 April 2019. The Initiative was highlighted as an example of good practice in south-south cooperation to leverage the…

Countries all over the globe are gearing up to celebrate the World Day and the 25 anniversary of UNCCD! See what is planned and put YOUR event on the map!

Santiago, Chile – The UNCCD coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Mr. Jose Miguel Torrico met with India's Ambassador in Chile Ms. Anita Nayar on 16 April to discuss the upcoming UNCCD COP14 that will take place in New Delhi from 2 to 13 September 2019. The meeting focused on the…

Songdo, Republic of Korea – UNCCD participated in the annual NAP Expo to explore the potential of pursuing climate change adaptation and land degradation by advancing national adaptation plans (NAPs). A panel discussion introducing LDN as well as project-level experiences from Peru, Kenya, Georgia…

The Global Support Programme (GSP) provides assistance to country Parties to enable,e the reporting process of the UNCCD. GSP is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment). The Global Mechanism (GM) of the UNCCD is the…

Transformational change is required at all levels to achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN) as outlined by the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15 and the target 15.3. LDN also serves as accelerator to achieve other SDGs – particular, those on poverty, food and water security, environmental…

The third edition of the Conference on Land Policy in Africa is organised by the African Land Policy Centre – a joint initiative of the African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and the African Development Bank. The Conference is a policy and learning event whose…

This year’s Future Policy Award (FPA), presented by the World Future Council (WFC), will honor laws and policies that promote youth empowerment as a key element to achieve the 2030 Agenda as well as address sustainable development and justice challenges. The WFC particularly welcomes nominations of…

The fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties will take place from 2 to 13 September 2019 at the India Expo Center and Mart, in New Delhi, India. The global Conference is expected to review the progress made, especially during the last two years, to control and reverse further loss of…

The fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties is scheduled to take place from 2 to 13 September 2019 at the India Expo Center and Mart, in New Delhi, India. Some of the new and relevant issues that are on the radar of the governments include the interaction between climate and land…

Nearly 6 000 participants from all over the world took part in UNCCD COP14. The Parties to the Convention agreed on the actions each will take over the next two years and beyond to get us on a sustainable development path. The UNCCD COP 14 ended on 13 September 2019, after ten days of meetings, 11…

New York, 4 April 2019 – Sixty-plus international organizations, led by the United Nations and including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group and World Trade Organization, jointly sounded the alarm Thursday in a new report, warning that unless national and international financial…

Reducing Synthetic Fertilizers And Pesticides By Scaling Up Agroecology And Promoting Ecological Organic Trade Under the overall objective of facilitating the establishment of truly sustainable food and agriculture systems in East Africa on grassroots, trade and policy levels. The event in Nairobi…

The Ministry of Agriculture of Ethiopia, CIAT, WLRC and WOCAT invite participants to the WOCAT Symposium and the 19th WOCAT Network Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The aim of the event is to bring together a wide range of stakeholders to share and discuss their experiences and findings on how…

Bonn, Germany – UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw met with Ms. Karyna Gomes, a popular Creole singer and composer from Guinea Bissau who headlines this year's Over the Border music diversity festival endorsed by the Convention. Ms. Gomes grew up listening to traditional rhythms, and her music…

Ministers from GEO’s 105 Member governments, business leaders, heads of international non-profits and passionate experts will meet in Canberra, Australia for GEO Week 2019 and the GEO Ministerial Summit. Recognizing the history of the land and its traditional custodians, GEO Week will bring together…

By Monica Chiriac and Maria Veger/IOM Niger Agadez, Niger – Since December 2018, migrants staying at UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) transit center have been undertaking training in sustainable agriculture. The target is to train close to 500 West African migrants as they wait for…