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UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/13

Biodiversity of Dry and Sub-Humid Lands: Follow-Up to Requests of the Conference of the Parties in Decision IX/17

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/13/INF/18

Report of the Eighth Meeting of the Joint Liaison Group of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/12/INF/15

Biodiversity of Dry and Sub-Humid Lands: Existing sources of information, and projects, processes and programmes generating such information, for a comprehensive global-level assessment of the biodiversity of dry and sub-humid lands

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/12/8

Guidance on Strengthening the Assessment of the 2010 Biodiversity Target and Proposals for Land Use Options that Promote Biodiversity and Generate Income for Indigenous and Local Communities

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/7

Programme of Work on the Biological Diversity of Dry and Sub-Humid Lands: Review of Implementation

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/23

Draft Outcome Oriented Targets for the Programmes of Work on the Biological Diversity of Dry and Sub Humid Lands, Forests and Mountain Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/4/ADD2

Draft Outcome Oriented Targets for the Implementation of the Programme of Work on the Biological Diversity of Dry and Sub Humid Lands

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/4/ADD1

Status and Trends of, and Threats to, Dry and Sub-Humid Lands Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/4

Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on the Biological Diversity of Dry and Sub-Humid Lands

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/18

Guidance for Promoting Synergy Among Activities Addressing Biological Diversity, Desertification, Land Degradation and Climate Change

UNEP/CBD/LGDL/1/REP

Report of the Liaison Group in Drylands

UNEP/CBD/COP/8/INF/5

Global Outcome Oriented Targets for the Programmes of Work on the Biological Diversity of Dry and Sub Humid Lands: Relationships between the framework goals and targets and activities of the programmes of work

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/30

Thematic programmes of work: progress reports on implementation and consideration of proposals for future action: biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands<br>Proposals prepared by UNEP-WCMC on assessing areas within dry and sub-humid lands of particular value for biological diversity and/ ...

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/29

Thematic programmes of work: Progress reports on implementation and consideration of proposals for future action: Biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands<br>Integration of needs for information on the status and trends of dry and sub-humid lands biodiversity in the context of the mandate ...

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/28

Thematic programmes of work: Progress reports on implementation and consideration of proposals for future action: Biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands<br>Joint work programme on the biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the ...

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/11

Thematic programmes of work: Progress reports on implementation and consideration of proposals for future action: forest biological diversity; biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands; and agricultural biological diversity

UNEP/CBD/COP/6/INF/39

Thematic programmes of work - Progress reports on implementation: biological diversity of inland waters; marine and coastal biological diversity; biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands; and agricultural biological diversity<br />Report of the first meeting of the ad hoc technical exper ...

UNEP/CBD/COP/6/11

Progress report on the implementation of programmes of work on the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems, marine and coastal biological diversity, agricultural biological diversity and the biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands

UNEP/CBD/COP/5/INF/15

Consideration of Options for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity in Dryland, Mediterranean, Arid, Semi-Arid, Grassland and Savannah Ecosystems

UNEP/CBD/COP/11/25

Progress Report on Biodiversity and Climate Change, and on the Biodiversity of Dry and Sub-Humid Lands

UNEP/CBD/COP/10/22

Proposals on Ways and Means to Achieve Co-Benefits for Biodiversity, Combating Desertification/Land Degradation, and Climate Change

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-Dryland/2/1/ADD1

Annotations to the provisional agenda

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-Dryland/2/1

Draft provisional agenda

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-Dryland/1/1

Draft provisional agenda

UNCCD Technical Workshop on Impact Indicators Refinement

16 - 17 December 2010, Bonn, Germany

UNCCD 3rd International Scientific Conference: "Combatiing desertificiation, land degredation and drought for poverty reduction and sustaiblable development - the contribution of science, technology, traditional knowledge and practice"

9 - 12 March 2015, Cancun, Mexico

UN desertification conference divided on land ownership and migration

In his speech in Delhi, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, advocated greater cooperation between developing nations, but land tenure and immigration loom over proceedings

UN Heads call for assistance to address linked climate change, biodiversity and desertification threats

13 November 2017 – The Executive Secretaries of the Biological Diversity, Climate Change, and Desertification Conventions are calling for the establishment of a Facility to secure finance for large projects that will help to address common issues.

UN Convention on Desertification Designates GEF as a Source of Funding for Projects in Developing Countries

Havana, Cuba, September 5, 2003 – The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has designated the Global Environment Facility (GEF) as a financial mechanism to assist developing countries in implementing the Convention. The decision was made by more than 100 countries attendi ...

Today some four billion people live in urban areas. In these human-built spaces, people tend to think of streets and buildings.

Thirteen session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 13), sixteenth session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC16), and thirteenth session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST13) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

4 - 15 September 2017, Ordos, China

Third session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (CRIC 3)

2 - 11 May 2005, Bonn, Germany

There’s No Continent, No Country Not Impacted by Land Degradation

ANKARA, Jun 17 2019 (IPS) - The coming decades will be crucial in shaping and implementing a transformative land agenda, according to a scientist at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) framework for Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN).

The unexpected little underdogs of the big bad desert

Deserts are harsh ecosystems defined by high daytime temperatures that can dehydrate bodies quickly and low night temperatures that demand warm shelters. Despite the extremes, deserts are sanctuaries to a diversity of life forms. Animals living in these habitats have adopted mechanisms to cope w ...

The twenty-first session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC21) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

9 - 13 October 2023, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

The nineteenth session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 19) to the UNCCD. (Online daily from 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. Central European Time (CET).

15 - 19 March 2021, Online, Bonn, Germany

The UNCCD Drought Toolbox

New Delhi, India – “Drought is a major obstacle to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 15. We need to move faster in our fight against drought. Let us dust this villain, and mitigate climate change,” said Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD, Executive Secretary in his opening remarks at the Drought Prep ...

The Namibian Local Level Synergies between the three U.N. Convention Secretariats

7 - 11 July 2003, Grootberg, Namibia

The International Soil Congress 2019 on "Successful Transformation toward Land Degradation Neutrality: Future Perspective"

17 - 19 June 2019, Ankara, Türkiye

The Executive Secretaries of the Biological Diversity, Climate Change, and Desertification Conventions are calling for the establishment of a Facility to secure finance for large projects that will help to address common issues.

Technical Workshop on Agroforestry in Latin America and Caribbean Dry Ecosystems (TPN4)

24 - 27 November 2003, Lima, Peru

Taller Nacional sobre Sinergías entre las Convenciones de Lucha Contra la Desertificación y la Sequía, Cambio Climático, Diversidad Biológica y Ramsar

19 - 23 November 2001, La Habana, Cuba

Steering Committee Meeting of the project "Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA)"

7 November 2008, Istanbul, Türkiye

Statement of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of the High-level Segment of the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, 13 September 2007, Madrid, Spain.

Statement of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of the High-level Segment of the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, 13 September 2007, Madrid, Spain

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the Webinar on Building Back Better: Protecting Biodiversity, Combating Land Degradation and Mitigating Climate Change, 10 September 2020

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the Webinar on Building Back Better: Protecting Biodiversity, Combating Land Degradation and Mitigating Climate Change, 10 September 2020

Statement by Ms. Cristiana Pașca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the African Ministerial Summit on Biodiversity: “Land and ecosystem degradation and restoration: Priorities for increased investments in biodiversity and resilience in Africa”; Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, 13 November 2018

Statement by Ms. Cristiana Pașca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the African Ministerial Summit on Biodiversity: “Land and ecosystem degradation and restoration: Priorities for increased investments in biodiversity and resilience in Africa”; Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, 13 November 2018

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of Désertif’Actions 2015: Forum international « Désertification et société civile », Montpellier, France, 10-13 June 2015