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Indian Ocean Commission to launch new subregional finance strategy for SLM 16 May 2013 - 17 May 2013
Ebène, Mauritius Small Island States and territories share similar concerns when it comes to preserving and protecting their natural and living environment. Due to their remoteness and insularity, susceptibility to natural disasters, lack of diversification and openness as well as their limited access to external capitals, islands often face major economic and environmental challenges. Countries and territories that are part of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), i.e. Comoros, Madagascar, Maurice, Seychelles and La Réunion, have joined forces to stre... Read more
CRIC 11 Side-Event on the Great Green Wall: an African Alliance in Progress 19 April 2013
Bonn, Germany The African Union will hold a side-event entitled “The Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative An African Alliance in Progress: First results, lessons learnt and opportunities”, on Friday 19 April 2013, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, room 10, at the margins of CRIC 11. Following the adoption in September 2012 of the Arusha Declaration on Africa’s Post Rio+20 Strategy for Sustainable Development , all African countries have now decided to consider the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI) as t... Read more
CRIC11: Side-event on Supporting Resource Mobilization Efforts in ACP Islands 17 April 2013
Bonn, Germany Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) islands represent a set of countries which face specific challenges based on their small size, unique geographies, remoteness, limited productive land, economic opportunities and exposure to external shocks, including natural disasters and climate change. In turn, livelihoods and economies of such islands are very much dependent on healthy ecosystems and vulnerable to the breakdow... Read more
Third Special Session of the Committee on Science and Technology/UNCCD 2nd Scientific Conference 2013 and Eleventh session of the Committee for the Review of Implementation of the Convention 09 April 2013 - 19 April 2013
Bonn, Germany The 9th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) held in Buenos Aires in 2009 agreed to start using measurable impact indicators in the countries’ reporting, with a focus on changes in poverty and land cover. The third special session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST S-3), taking place from 9 to 12 April will review and assess the application of the indicators in order to provide a... Read more
Session on "Scaling-up SLM: What is the missing link? Bridging the science-policy-practice divide, and making the case through valuation of ecosystem services" at the UNCCD Scientific Conf. 11 April 2013
Bonn, Germany The Global Mechanism (GM), in collaboration with the Offering Sustainable Land-Use Options (OSLO) Consortium and the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) initiative is organizing a special session during the 2nd UNCCD Scientific Conference on the theme: “Scaling-up sustainable land management (SLM): What is the missing link? Bridging the science-policy-practice divide,... Read more
Workshop on Forest Sustainable Financing Mechanisms in the Middle East and North Africa Region 03 April 2013 - 05 April 2013
Rabat, Morocco In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the forestry sector brings many benefits for human societies. Indeed, forests contribute to water purification, the fight against erosion, flood prevention and the maintenance of biodiversity. Forest ecosystems also provide access to timber and non-timber forest products (such as honey, aromatic and medicinal plants) and services related to leisure. Implementing Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) ensures access to these goods and services to the people of the MENA region over the long term.... Read more
Oases’ Lands and Lives Challenged by Climate Change 23 March 2013 - 25 March 2013
Djerba, Tunisia The oases of the Maghreb are vibrant places where agricultural production and trade are essential for the livelihoods of the local populations. Nevertheless, the oasis agro-ecosystem is fragile and thus vulnerable to ecological and socio-economic stress. Climate change, in particular, can result in a significant reduction in rainfall and endanger the viability of the oasis. It is in this context that the Global Mechanism (GM) joins the Réseau Associatif de Développements Durable des Oasis (RADDO) and other development actors from 2... Read more
Monitoring and planning workshop of the project “Integrating climate change finance into sustainable land management investment strategies” 21 March 2013 - 22 March 2013
Rome, Italy Representatives of the nine countries – Ecuador, Guatemala, Lao PDR, Mozambique, Niger, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal and Tanzania – where the Global Mechanism (GM) climate change project is being implemented will convene for two days in March in Rome, Italy. Three years ago, the GM began supporting the nine country Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to mobilize climate change finance to promote sustainable land management (SLM) through the project, “Integrating climate change finance into sustainab... Read more
The Integrated Financing Strategy of the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD – Lessons learned of the internal Results and Impacts Assessment 19 March 2013 - 20 March 2013
Rome, Italy The Global Mechanism (GM) will hold a workshop in Rome, Italy, in mid-March to examine its flagship tool – the integrated financing strategy (IFS) for sustainable land management (SLM). The main topic of discussion will be a GM study conducted in nine countries -- Cambodia, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Mali, Peru, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zambia – to monitor and assess the GM’s contribution to the achievement of the 10-Year Strategy of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in those countries and to qualify the ... Read more
National Action Programme alignment workshop for Northeast, Southeast and South Asia 12 March 2013 - 14 March 2013
Tehran, Iran The workshop will bring together representatives from 24 Asian countries to build their capacities to align their National Action Programmes to combat desertification with the 10-Year Strategy of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Participants will include: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, DRP of Korea, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Timor Leste, Thailand and Vietnam. ... Read more
 
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