Sentences with phrase «national land degradation»

The campaign will help restore degraded lands and reach national land degradation neutrality (LDN) targets.

The Secretariat and the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD are supporting interested countries in the national land degradation neutrality (LDN) target setting process, including the definition of national baselines, targets and associated measures to achieve LDN by 2030 through the LDN Target Setting Programme (TSP).

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National studies verify that the value of ecosystem services and benefits far outweigh the cost of preventing land degradation or the cost of remediation in most situations.

The Facility would simultaneously contribute to the implementation of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets (CBD), the Land Degradation Neutrality targets (UNCCD), and the Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans (UNFCCC).

Reversing the effects of land degradation and desertification through sustainable land management (SLM) is not only achievable; it is the logical, cost - effective next step for national and international development agendas.

Parties also decided that the intersessional sessions of the CRIC taking place after January 2018 will focus on reviewing the reporting and national voluntary Land Degradation Neutrality target - setting exercise.

WDCD was established by the UN General Assembly 23 years ago to raise awareness on the global and national actions that address desertification, land degradation and drought.

The Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM), being the UNCCD National Focal Agency with support and assistance provided by Mr. Eduardo Queblatin, UNCCD LDN consultant, celebrated the World Day by holding a Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Technical Consultation and Stakeholders» Forum.

The Madagascan environmental authorities presented the national targets for land degradation neutrality to ensure sustainable future growth.

The event will start with an opening speech, presenting the relevant element that will initiate an informed discussion regarding the components that should be included in a national strategy to implement concrete measures aimed at neutralizing land degradation in Mexico.

We support countries in translating the Convention into action and achieving Land Degradation Neutrality at the national level.

The Conference will also provide an opportunity to strengthen the network of the UNCCD national scientific and technical correspondents for the dissemination of knowledge and national experience in combating desertification, land degradation and drought.

During the trip, Muir convinced the president to expand the federal protection of the land in and around Yosemite National Park after exposing him to the exploitation of the valley's resources and the degradation of the land.

We help curb international and national drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, such as the conversion of forest land to agricultural land.

This activity report presents some examples of the IFAD - GEF partnership from around the world by using brief case studies to highlight certain aspects of various projects, which includes over 43 national and regional projects, covering areas of biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation and sustainable forest management.

While the country's brutal civil war is often presented as the cause of this mass migration, a study published last year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that it may be rooted in an earlier environmental crisis, one linked to land degradation and long - term drought in the Fertile Crescent.

Dr. Wisner adds that it's important that initiatives to recognize and relieve the plight of displaced people not let national governments «off the hook for their failure to help prevent land degradation and facilitate land restoration and, in some cases, for their collusion with owners of forest companies, open mines, and large cattle ranches in practices that degrade land.»