The United Nations operates as a unified body, with different UN agencies supporting the objectives of others while carrying out their own work. This approach results in a diverse, yet coordinated response to the issue of land degradation and desertification. Each UN agency approaches this issue…

Banja Luka, Republika Sprska – As a developing country with fragile economy dependent on imported goods and services, Bosnia and Herzegovina has been seriously affected by the COVID–19 crisis. Under the state of emergency declared by the government of the Republika Srpska on March 16, 2020, and due…

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Changwon Initiative, UNCCD and Korea Forest Service are launching two global contests: a virtual choir competition and a video contest to to promote efforts to combat desertification and restore degraded lands and forests. The submission deadline is 30…

"Forests keep drylands working" World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) is observed every year on 17 June all over the world. The aim of the United Nations in designating a day of observance is to sensitize the public and policy makers to the increasing dangers of desertification, land…

UNCCD has recently renewed its partnership with Baaba Maal who is one of the six UNCCD Land Ambassadors. Hailing from the region of the Senegal River which is home to millions of people living in four Western African countries: Senegal, Mali, Guinea and Mauritania, the music legend Baaba Maal has…

Today, half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – lives in cities. By 2050, 70 per cent of the world population is predicted to live in urban settlements. The world’s cities occupy just three per cent of the Earth’s land, but account for 60–80 per cent of energy consumption and 75 per cent of carbon…

China Convention on Biodiversity CGIAR Agricultural Research Group European Commission France Finland Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Germany GIZ, Economics of Land Degradation Initiative (ELD) Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Fund for Agricultural…

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…

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…

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 13 June 2012 – At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the secretariats of the biodiversity, climate change and desertification conventions and the Global Environment Facility are joining forces under the Rio Conventions Pavilion to promote…

The negative image of the Sahel is a stranglehold on the great potential for development in the region. A more balanced narrative can trigger action for a productive Sahel and can be based on innovative approaches and a conducive policy environment to value natural resources. Despite a rich set of…