Authors:
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Publication Date:
2019
Abstract/Summary:
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is a key global authority on scientific and technical knowledge in the areas of desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD), and on the negative effects of DLDD on productive land and relevant ecosystems. Through its Knowledge Hub, the UNCCD provides a framework for organizing scientific and technical information around these topics as well as access to best practices relevant to Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) and Sustainable Land Management (SLM).
Relevance for the Short Term Action Plan on Ecosystem
Restoration:
Reports, such as Achieving Land Degradation Neutrality at the Country Level, outline the steps needed to assess land degradation (A1) and identify the key drivers of degradation (A6). The SLM section also includes guidance and best practices relevant to assessing sustainable productive practices in activity A6. The Country Information section includes National commitments to LDN, in line with activities A5 and B6, and National Action Programmes, which may add additional information. The Global Land Outlook (GLO) Regional Reports discuss stakeholder engagement (A3), legal, policy and financial frameworks (B1), land tenure (B2), and safeguarding measures for indigenous peoples and local communities (B5), among other topics relevant to restoration.
- A1: Assess degraded ecosystems
- A5: Assess institutional, policy, and legal frameworks & identify financial/technical resources
- A6: Identify options to reduce the drivers biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation
- B6: Review, improve or establish targets, policies and strategies for ecosystem restoration
Resource Type:
Web-based Resource
Source:
UNCCD