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The GM's support to Regional Coordination Mechanisms

18 May, 2010

In accordance with Decision 3/COP 9, the GM is requested to provide staff, within available resources, to the Regional Coordination Mechanisms (RCMs). To date, staff have been deployed to the RCMs for both Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean,...

LAC Environment Ministers adopt UNCCD regional proposal for IFS

11 May, 2010

On 30 April 2010, the 17th Forum of Environment Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean endorsed through Decision 8, a proposal for a regional integrated financing strategy (RIFS) to combat desertification, land degradation and the effects of...

Discussing the GM approach to South-to-South cooperation with the Fondation Chirac

22 April, 2010

“Since the end of the 1980s, a triple threat has pervaded over us all: the danger of the standardization of our diverse world cultures, the menace to our environment, and the scandal of poverty. These are major threats to peace and the very...

Economic valuation is key to environment mainstreaming, says PEP15

20 April, 2010

Environment and climate change (E/CC) mainstreaming has surfaced on the political agenda, but still proves quite a challenge because of the fragmented way in which sustainable development issues are tackled. Responsibility for E/CC is often confined...

First snapshot: Central Africa's state of SLM financing

15 April, 2010

A report, released last week by the Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC), is providing a clearer picture on the level of finance currently available to rehabilitate Central Africa’s lands and forests. The early indication is that...

Exchanging views on Cameroon's nascent integrated financing strategy

8 April, 2010

As part of its three-year Country Support Programme to the Government of Cameroon, the GM is assisting in the integration of sustainable land management (SLM) within policy processes such as macroeconomic reform, budgetary allocation and the engagement...

ToRs for Consultancy Vacancy to support COP 9 Bureau

31 March, 2010

At COP 9 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, it was decided that the Bureau would finalize the Assessment of the Global Mechanism by the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) of the United Nations System. In its most recent meeting, the Bureau decided to engage...

Green growth: what is in it for developing countries?

30 March, 2010

The terms ‘green growth’ and ‘green economy’ are receiving growing political attention from developed and middle-income countries. Such approaches are being championed through actions such as the G20 countries’ fiscal...

Reporting on ODA against desertification

25 March, 2010

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is currently engaged in a consultative process to enhance the indicators to measure the relevance and effectiveness of Overseas Development...

GM makes resources available to the regional coordination mechanisms of the UNCCD

24 March, 2010

The Global Mechanism (GM) is pleased to announce it has begun consultations with the regions on the deployment of financial and human resources to facilitate regional coordination, as called for by UNCCD Decision 3/COP.9. Regional coordination - led...