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Promoting investments in the agricultural, forestry and land use sectors through climate change finance mechanisms

2 July, 2008

The ‘Rome 2007 Initiative’, launched in November 2007 by the GM in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Investment Centre and Ecosecurites, aims to promote public-private investments in...

Climate resilience and food security: UNCCD at the interface

17 June, 2008

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) currently has an enormous opportunity to foster the integration of the cross-cutting issues surrounding sustainable land management (SLM) into the broad context of international policy...

GM signs cooperation agreement with the Republic of Mali

11 June, 2008

On the occasion of the High-Level Policy Dialogue held in Bonn on 27 May 2008, the Minister of the Environment and Sanitation of Mali and the Managing Director of the Global Mechanism (GM) signed a cooperation agreement between the Government of the...

Private Sector Consultation on World Food Security and the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy

20 May, 2008

Recognizing the potential impact of climate change on the agricultural, rural and land-use sectors - in particular the severe consequences for developing countries and food security - the Rome-based United Nations agencies and institutions (the Food...

Land and desertification: the GM at CSD-16

13 May, 2008

Government delegations, international organizations, and major civil society groups are currently reviewing global progress in sustainable land management (SLM), drought and desertification, at the 16th Session of the United Nations Commission on...

IFAD grant to bolster GM’s work on designing and implementing integrated financing strategies

8 May, 2008

The GM is delighted to announce that the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has cleared a grant for 2008 totalling USD 1.25 million which will contribute to the financing of Phase I of the GM’s...

Outcomes of workshop on Designing Integrated Financing Strategies for Central Asian Countries

2 May, 2008

On the margins of the Central Asian Countries Initiative on Land Management (CACILM) 2nd Steering Committee meeting, held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, from 23-24 April, the GM organized a workshop to initiate the process for adapting the Designing...

GM promotes decentralized cooperation as one response to poverty and land degradation

14 April, 2008

The World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty (WACAP) unites cities that mobilize all sectors of society - from individuals to governments - to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and in particular MDG1: to halve extreme poverty and hunger...

Financing mechanisms for sustainable forest management in the Congo Basin

10 March, 2008

As a committed member of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP), the GM participated in the International Conference on Financing Mechanisms for Sustainable Management of the Congo Basin Forest Ecosystems, co-hosted by the African Development...

Joint Statement by the UNCCD Secretariat and the GM to the 3rd Regional Implementation Meeting on Sustainable Development

4 March, 2008

The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)  is addressing issues including agriculture, rural development, land, drought and desertification - all of significant importance to the UNCCD - at its 16th and 17th sessions...