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Sixth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP-6) to the Convention to Combat Desertification

25 August - 5 September 2003, Havana, Cuba

Soil is a symbol of fertility. It is the origin of life. It is the basis for food production.

Southern Indian Ocean Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs)

30 July - 3 August 2012, Flic en Flac, Mauritius

Southern Indian Ocean Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 30 July to 3 August, 2012

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/79642 (2012-059)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in the Southern Indian Ocean region: Australia, Comoros, France, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, United Kingdom; competent organizations and regional initiatives

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD, Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification, 17 June 2011

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD, Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification, 17 June 2011

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the International Scientific Conference on Desertification and Drylands Research Commemorating 50 years of Drylands Research –Tunis (Tunisia) 19 – 21 June 2006 (in French)

Les pressions exercées du fait des activités humaines sur les fonctions naturelles de la planète ont atteint un tel degré que les capacités des écosystèmes à répondre aux besoins des générations futures sont désormais sérieusement, et peut-être irréversiblement, compromises. Les changements anth ...

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the International Scientific Conference on Desertification and Drylands Research Commemorating 50 years of Drylands Research –Tunis (Tunisia) 19 – 21 June 2006 (in French).

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Wetlands Day

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Wetlands Day

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Wetlands Day, 2 February 2023

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Wetlands Day, 2 February 2023

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Water Day

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Water Day

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of at the Ministerial Round Table of the Ninth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, 28 September 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of at the Ministerial Round Table of the Ninth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, 28 September 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification 2009: Conserving land and water = Securing our common future

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification 2009: Conserving land and water = Securing our common future.

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

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

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 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 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.

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

7 November 2008, Istanbul, Türkiye

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

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

24 - 27 November 2003, Lima, Peru

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.

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

17 - 19 June 2019, Ankara, Türkiye

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

7 - 11 July 2003, Grootberg, Namibia

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 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 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 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 ...

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).

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

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

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

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 ...

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 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

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

UNCCD Technical Workshop on Impact Indicators Refinement

16 - 17 December 2010, Bonn, Germany

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-Dryland/1/1

Draft provisional agenda

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-Dryland/2/1

Draft provisional agenda

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

Annotations to the provisional agenda