The Global Mechanism

Zambia’s land resources offer many sustainable land management (SLM)-friendly business opportunities for private sector investments in the energy, water, forestry, agriculture, mining, tourism, infrastructure, trade and finance sectors, amongst others.

By the same coin, these investments play a potentially huge role in sustaining poverty reduction, climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services provision and...
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Both the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the scientific community have raised concerns about the inadequate evidence-base used for decision-making within the UNCCD and in particular, the lack of quantitative evidence regarding its implementation.

The Global Mechanism (GM) enhances its focus on south-to-south cooperation by introducing technology transfer on land management into regional financing platforms. As an initial step towards this goal, it was agreed to use the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI) platform, currently under development by the African Union Commission and the GM, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unite...
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