The Land for Life Award is designed to reward impactful holistic approaches and practices that address the ecological and the social aspects of sustainable land management as a means of achieving land degradation neutrality. The Award is given to most diverse changemakers engaged in land restoration and conservation through exemplary and innovative initiatives. This year’s theme invites recommended candidates to reflect on land as part of the…

Sustainable land use concerns everyone because of the limited land resources for food production and the increased trend towards urbanization. Accelerated land degradation and limiting water resources further aggravates the situation, as land belongs to the past, present and future generations, it is not only a useful and tradable commodity but also a valuable natural resources that must be conserved and protected for the common good of all. The…

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. The project “Generating economic and environmental benefits from sustainable land management for vulnerable rural…

An IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. The main objectives of the SRCCL are to: Assess the current state of the scientific knowledge on the impacts of socio-economic drivers and their interactions with climate change on land, including degradation, desertification and food security; Evaluate the feasibility of…

The postgraduate level Land Reclamation and Restoration course integrates new scientific understanding of environmental processes with relevant engineering and management skills. These skills are then used to develop new, integrated land management solutions at relevant scales including field, city, catchment, national and global. Designed to meet the increasing demands to manage and restore degraded land as close as possible to its original…

SAID sustainable landscapes (SL) and forestry programs promote land-based climate change mitigation at national scales while also improving livelihoods, protecting ecosystems, improving governance, and strengthening resilience. SL programs prioritize landscapes that offer globally important opportunities for carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) management, and focus support to countries where forest loss and land degradation prevail, where land-based…

Designed to meet the increasing demands to manage and restore degraded land as close as possible to its original status, this course aims to provide the knowledge and skills required to bridge the gap between damaged land and fully restored ecosystems. Admission- Full-time: October or Part-time: throughout the year

UNDP has been supporting the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in meeting its national and international environmental priorities and commitments. These include close to 40 projects in the area of biodiversity conservation, sustainable resource management, climate change and chemical management. UNDP’s support focusses on technical and policy advisory, institutional strengthening and building capacities of various stakeholders to…