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Empowering grassroots organizations to promote SLM policy

20 July, 2010

Comprehensive sustainable land management (SLM) policy development requires the engagement of national and international civil society organizations (CSOs) as legitimate development partners. Their precious contribution is essential if CSOs are to...

Challenges to mobilizing forest finance in Uganda

20 July, 2010

Politically speaking, forestry is a priority for Uganda. The country has a new forest policy and new forestry legislation. It has restructured forestry governance and developed a National Forestry Plan that has been mainstreamed into the...

Strategic Investment Framework for SLM: Mali makes headway

23 June, 2010

Each year some 500 000 ha of land are lost through deforestation to meet Mali’s energy requirements. ِAgriculture is increasing at a rate of 4.7 % per annum and is encroaching onto fragile land with thin top soils. It is estimated that...

Harnessing the financing potential of the UNCCD and CBD

22 June, 2010

The current economic downturn calls for concerted attempts in the development arena to put increasingly limited financial resources to ever better effect. Nowhere are there more ample opportunities for resource efficiency than in the Rio Conventions,...

Milestone in NAP alignment in Central and Eastern Europe

16 June, 2010

The 10 Year Strategic Plan and Framework to Enhance the Implementation of the Convention (2008-2018) outlined a new vision for the UNCCD and raised the pressing question of how to ensure that countries’ National Action Programmes (NAPs) - the...

Spearheading regional natural resource sovereignty: Banco del Sur

14 June, 2010

As a development bank ‘with a difference’, Banco del Sur (Bank of the South), seeks to break away from traditional bank business and promote innovative approaches to tackling today’s development challenges. Banco del Sur sees...

Strategic partnership to design Côte d'Ivoire's National Action Programme (NAP)

10 June, 2010

Eager to honour its international commitments under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) the Government of Côte d’Ivoire’s requested the Global Mechanism (GM)’s support in mobilizing partners in...

Win-win for climate and business

8 June, 2010

In the face of the growing threat of climate change, investing in the currently under-funded Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU) sector is win-win both for local communities and business, Carbon Expo 2010 heard last week in...

CSOs establish SLM network in Burkina Faso

8 June, 2010

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Burkina Faso have agreed to establish a network to coordinate their actions in the face of the urgent challenge of mobilizing much needed investment to revitalize the country's lands. In a country...

Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries: partnership confirmed

1 June, 2010

“The Global Mechanism attaches great importance to its partnership with the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) because of its potential to position land as a vital resource to achieving poverty alleviation, promoting wealth...