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More commitment needed all round to combat desertification

15 December, 2008

Mr Simone Quatrini, Coordinator of the Global Mechanism's Policy and Investment Analysis Programme was interviewed by the cultural programme Detto Tra Noi (Between You and Me) broadcast live on SAT2000 on 13 November 2008. We are pleased to...

GTZ and the GM kick-start interactive discussion on climate change financing for the UNCCD

27 November, 2008

The need to build synergies between the Rio Conventions in order to maximize the potential for channelling investments into the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was at the core of the dynamic debate during a CRIC.7 side...

Subregional Action Plan for Central Africa: providing an impetus for UNCCD implementation

26 November, 2008

In Central Africa, UNCCD implementation has received a welcome boost in recent months through the adoption of the Sub-Regional Action Programme (SRAP) to Combat Land Degradation and Desertification by the Ministerial Conference of the Central African...

Building compelling evidence on the socio-economic costs of land degradation in Latin America and the Caribbean: GM-ECLAC joint initiative

14 November, 2008

"Assessing the costs of land degradation for better promoting the UNCCD into programmatic and budgetary processes" was the subject of a joint side event held by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the GM on...

“The premise […] is that all Parties have primary responsibility of achieving the vision of the UNCCD’s Ten Year Strategy”: the Managing Director addresses CRIC7 presenting the GM’s work programmes

11 November, 2008

At the Seventh Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 7), Christian Mersmann, the GM’s Managing Director, presented the GM’s draft Multi-Year and Biennium Work Plan and the Joint Work Programme...

TerrAfrica and partners review progress and decisive action leading to strategic investment frameworks

10 November, 2008

On the fringes of CRIC7,TerrAfrica partners organized a side event that gave participants the opportunity to review progress and actions undertaken at the subregional and country levels to implement TerrAfrica.   TerrAfrica is the regional...

Central and Eastern European countries and donor institutions discuss financing opportunities for land rehabilitation

10 November, 2008

During the seventh session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 7), an informal side event organized by the Global Mechanism (GM) and Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic provided an opportunity to...

Boosting finance for sustainable land management: countries share their experiences

7 November, 2008

"The Designing Integrated Financing Strategies (DIFS) training programme can be a complementary part and influential element of any National Action Programme (NAP) to implement the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)"....

Solid arguments needed to mobilize resources

5 November, 2008

During the First Special Session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST-S1) on how best to measure progress on the strategic objectives of the UNCCD’s Ten-Year Strategic Plan (10YSP) Mr Simone Quatrini, the Global Mechanism’s...

GM launches its South-to-South Cooperation Programme on Land and Environment for African, Caribbean and the Pacific Countries

4 November, 2008

In his welcoming note to delegates from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, Christian Mersmann, Managing Director of the Global Mechanism explained that one of the ways the GM is implementing the UNCCD’s 10-year Strategy is by...