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World Day to Combat Desertification 2018
How to help countries advance land degradation neutrality on the agenda of Sixth GEF Assembly
Land Degradation Neutrality at the GEF
The GEF has quickly responded to decisions of UNCCD COP12 in Ankara (2015) and started to support Land Degradation Neutrality target setting and implementation through several projects in GEF-6, which are summarized in this brochure.
UNCCD: land degradation neutrality heralds a new dawn for GEF and the world
By Monique Barbut, Executive Secretary, UNCCD
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) raised sustainable land management to a new level of land stewardship when it established a focal area on land degradation 15 years ago and later became the financing mechanism for land degradation initiatives under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). But the adoption of the land degradation neutrality (LDN) target last year marks the dawn of a new era for the GEF family.
Technical Discussion Series: Results of the GEF’s Land Degradation Neutrality Learning and Knowledge Management Initiative
The GEF’s Land Degradation Focal Area has identified Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) as a thematic area and an approach for generating learning and knowledge for adaptive management and to innovate continuously from the portfolio of completed and ongoing projects. The initiative is designed and implemented as a joint effort of the Focal Area team and the GEF Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel, and in collaboration with the GEF’s knowledge management team.