Desertification & Land Degradation
defined by the UNCCD as the persistent degradation of dryland ecosystems by human activities, including unsustainable farming, mining, overgrazing and clear-cutting of land, and by climate change.
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Events
SEE MOREUNCCD COP 16
2-13 December 2024
Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
UNCCD CRIC 21
13-17 November 2023
Samarkand, Samarqand, Uzbekistan
64th GEF Council Meeting
26-30 June 2023
Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2023
17 June 2023
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World Soil Day 2022
5 December 2022
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63rd GEF Council Meeting
28 November - 2 December 2022
Washington D.C., US