The UNCCD reporting and review process is facilitated through a reporting platform, the Performance Review and Assessment of Implementation System (PRAIS). For the 2022 reporting process, PRAIS has been upgraded to bring it into line with modern systems architecture and the requests made by Parties…

Overview of Science Day and introduction to LDN Facilitator: Mariam Akhtar-Schuster, SPI Welcome address and introduction to the Science Day: Pradeep Monga, UNCCD Deputy Executive Secretary Introducing Land Degradation Neutrality: Annette Cowie The intention of this session: The first session of the…

Three SPI Technical Reports are now available, provide refined guidance for implementation of LDN, and guidance to support the adoption of land-based interventions for drought management and mitigation.

To support country-level project developers and their partners in the design of effective Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) transformative projects and programmes (TPPs), the Global Mechanism, in collaboration with the secretariat and the Science-Policy Interface of the UNCCD, has developed a…

The Knowledge Hub project relies on content partnerships to expand the depth and reach of knowledge on topics and issues such as DLDD, SLM and the SDGs.

The United States Department of Agriculture- Agriculture Research Service (USDA-ARS) Jornada has served as a field research laboratory since its establishment in 1912. Their varied scientific activities have led to important discoveries about desert ecosystems, which have become the basis for land…

To date, 128 countries have committed to setting Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) targets. More than 100 countries have already set their targets, and many have secured high-level government commitment to achieve LDN. Full details of the LDN targets, as well as country reports on the target setting…

Some international agreements emerge quickly. But the birth of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification was a long tortuous journey. In particular, it was undermined by the perception that it was a development Convention. Yet the evolution of its sister Rio Conventions on Climate…

The UNCCD 3rd scientific conference on “Combating desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD) for poverty reduction and sustainable development – the contribution of science, technology, traditional knowledge and practices” (decision 18/COP.10) took place at the fourth special session of…

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…

The UNCCD 2nd scientific conference was held during the third special session of the Committee on Science and Technology from 9 to 12 April 2013 in Bonn, Germany, on the theme “Economic Assessment of desertification, sustainable land management and resilience of arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid…

In order to strengthen the scientific basis of the Convention, the Conference of the Parties (COP) at its eighth session in 2007 decided that future sessions of the CST shall be organized in a predominantly scientific and technical conference-style format and focus on a specific thematic topic…

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Rapid urbanization is taking place all over the world, driven largely by rural migration, resulting in urban sprawl and slum developments as well as in the development of high quality infrastructure and overall improvement in the standard of living. If current projections are accurate, 66 per cent…

Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Target Setting Programme lessons provide policy-relevant information for UNCCD country Parties, key decision makers, national and international development partners and other international organizations to support the LDN advocacy. The reviews of the LDN target…

The Soil Leadership Academy (SLA) is a special initiative of the UNCCD. It is an innovative, public-private partnership. It aims to energize and support public and private decision-makers on their journey to land degradation neutrality (LDN). Many organizations already offer the resources and…

The first UNCCD SPI Science Day brought together a diverse and highly-engaged audience of over hundred people, including scientists, policy-makers, practitioners, students, journalists and representatives of civil society organizations (CSOs) and development agencies. Invited speakers emphasized the…

A key objective of the UNCCD is to become a global authority on scientific and technical knowledge in the areas of desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD) and to address negative effects of DLDD on productive land and relevant ecosystems.

The Tools for Participatory Science wiki was created to help bridge the gap between the advances in the Earth and environmental sciences and their uptake by stakeholders of all kinds, ranging from policy makers to natural resource managers to affected members of the public. This wiki portal was…

The Roster of Independent Experts as part of the UNCCD Knowledge Hub provides access to knowledge experts on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DDLD) and Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices via an online database of local experts.

Over 15 per cent of natural disaster damages and losses are caused by drought. Droughts account for 85.8% of livestock losses and drought is the most lethal natural hazard to livestock (FAO, 2015). The distribution of drought-related losses show high relative losses in Sub-Saharan Africa but Central…

The World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) is a network of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) specialists from all over the world. Currently, there are more than 2000 registered users, over 60 participating institutions, and roughly 30 national and regional initiatives…

The Centre will be organized with the support of the UNCCD Secretariat and Knowledge Hub, the Global Mechanism, Soil Leadership Academy project and various partners, during COP 13. The primary purpose of this is to provide opportunities to country delegates to exchange knowledge, share experience…

The second edition of the Global Land Outlook is expected to be released in late 2021. A number of working papers will be produced so as to contribute to this second edition. Please see the link below for those working papers that have already been published. Working Papers

A total of 316 participants from 140 country Parties to the Convention were trained in March-May 2018 during five regional training workshops implemented by the UNCCD secretariat, the Global Mechanism and UN Environment, and funded by the Global Environment Facility. Participants were trained, among…