Each country is a Party to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) names a representative to serve as the national focal point (NFP) for the Convention. This national focal point is the official contact for UNCCD issues and related correspondence. A list of national focal…

The Sixth Kubuqi International Desert Forum (KIDF) will take place at the Kubuqi International Conference Center, Inner Mongolia, China, from 28 to 30 July 2017. The forum has been recognized by UNCCD as a platform for exchange and promotion of ideas on global desertification control and green…

The Soil Leadership Academy (SLA) launched its land degradation neutrality (LDN) ​support platform at the UNCCD's 12th Conference of the Parties in Ankara, Turkey. Public and private high-level decision-makers were guided to the tools available to assist each decision-making step on the road to LDN…

Climate change, biological diversity, desertification, land degradation and drought are intricately related on the social, economic and environmental fronts. Because these issues are closely linked, the secretariats of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the…

The Conference of the Parties (COP) decision 3/COP.8, urges affected country Parties to align their action programmes and other relevant implementation activities relating to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) with The Strategy by addressing The Strategy’s five…