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Nov 4, 2025 - The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is the only legally binding framework dedicated to addressing desertification and the effects...

The Global Land Outlook (GLO), the UNCCD flagship publication, underscores land system challenges, showcases transformative policies and practices, and points...

The Riyadh Global Drought Resilience Partnership (RGDRP) is a flagship initiative of the UNCCD and its Global Mechanism (GM), launched at COP16 under the...

Soil Organic Carbon, which is the plant and animal tissues at various states of decomposition in the soil, is a yardstick for sustainable land management,...

Two-thirds of the African continent is desert or drylands. This land is vital for agriculture and food production, however nearly three-fourths of it is...

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UNCCD A Report of the Science-Policy Interface Creating an Enabling Environment for Land Degradation Neutrality

On the basis of the decisions taken by the 12th session of the Conference of Parties to the UNCCD (COP.12) in 2015, the Secretariat and the Global Mechanism of...

Collected by the Intergovernmental working group on drought UNCCD Intergovernmental Working Group (IWG) Stocktaking of Drought Plans Submitted by Countries in...

The Changwon Initiative is helping bring the vision of Agenda 2030 — and a land degradation neutral world — within reach. Explore this publication to...

Impact mitigation Mitigating the impact of sand and dust storms before or as they occur is critical to reducing the disastrous impacts of these events. Below...

UNCCD Data Dashboard

UNCCD has a number of governing bodies: the COP, the CST, The CRIC, and Intergovernmental Working Groups (IWG). 

"Restoring Life to the Land – The Role of Sustainable Land Management in Ecosystem Restoration" illustrates how Sustainable Land Management...

The Rangelands Flagship Initiative is a multi-partner, global initiative led by Mongolia and the UNCCD to significantly increase investments to achieve Land...

The national reporting process is a vital tool for the implementation of the Convention, supporting the achievement of strategic objectives at both global and...

Launched at UNCCD COP10 in South Korea as part of the Changwon Initiative, the Land for Life Award highlights projects that recover and restore...

No country is immune to drought and its impacts.Aggravated by climate change, the impacts of drought are projected to increase in severity and duration,...

At its thirteenth session in 2017, the Conference of the Parties (COP) adopted the UNCCD 2018−2030 Strategic Framework and encouraged Parties to apply it in...

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Reversing land degradation and its outcomes while accelerating positive achievements for people and for ecosystems with a view to deliver on Sustainable...

Celebrated world-wide, 17 June marks the anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

The fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) took place in Abidjan, Côte...

Desertification poses a serious challenge to sustainable development and humanity’s ability to survive in many areas of the world

Drought is considered as one of the most far-reaching disasters, causing short and long-term economic and social losses to millions of people.

 The Peace Forest Initiative (PFI) is a flagship programme of UNCCD that demonstrates crucial linkages between land, peace and security. It is designed to...

About #HerLand campaign Together with partners, activists and influencers, UNCCD is spearheading the campaign #HerLand to promote inspiring examples of...

Rivers cut by dams, farmland expansion and urban growth are putting food, water, biodiversity and livelihoods at risk unless urgent action is taken. 

The Knowledge Sharing Systems interactive search tool provides an overview of relevant resources and websites reported by country Parties in biannual reports...

The Sand and Dust Storms  Coalition (SDSC) was launched at UNCCD COP14 in Delhi in 2019. Currently, 19 Members of the Coalition include UN agencies and non-UN...

Updates with organization: UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

A world in which we achieve land degradation neutrality will also be a world with improved biodiversity.