The UNCCD Science to Policy Blog is designed for scientists, experts, practitioners, policy-makers and journalists to share their insights, expertise and ideas with other UNCCD stakeholders. It is also a means for the UNCCD to reach out to the general public and promote specific issues of interest…

The new UNCCD reporting process has been launched. To accommodate the highly technical nature of the new reporting process and enhance national capacity to generate, analyze, interpret and use Earth observation data, UNCCD has developed a series of online tutorials on how to use the available…

In each country, proverbs and sayings provide insights into beliefs and simple truths. Those beliefs were passed down from generation to generation, altered by the wisdom of the times and finally becoming part of culture and education. Humanity has lived and depended on land since ancient times…

SPI Members Pablo Aurelio Pablo Viegas Aurelio is technical advisor for the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Argentina. He graduated in law and postgraduate in business and agribusiness law of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Since 2001 he has been working on the subject…

The UNCCD Knowledge Hub supports the effective use of existing knowledge resources on desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD), by providing access to diverse repositories, publications, portals and other knowledge sources. Through the UNCCD Knowledge Hub, you can find all the background…

The UNCCD eLibrary located on the UN campus in Bonn, Germany is the archive of materials that cover aspects of combating desertification and land degradation. The library can be accessed through the online catalog open to the public.

The UNCCD library holds a specialized interesting collection of monographs and series, reports, audio-video collection, grey literature in fields of desertification, land degradation and drought, and its cross-cutting subjects. You can search the UNCCD e-library here.