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Caribbean countries on track to establishing SLM investment packages

30 November, 2009

Countries of the Caribbean subregion have finalized the preparation of their country roadmaps to develop integrated financing strategies (IFSs), and channel investments into sustainable land management (SLM). This positive...

Algeria-GM cooperation beyond COP9

23 November, 2009

During the 9th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD (COP9), Algeria was elected President of the African Group for the next 2 years (2010-2011). Algeria aspires to use this opportunity to strengthen solidarity among African countries,...

Sharing knowledge on financing integrated dryland management

19 November, 2009

The Global Mechanism (GM) is actively contributing to the design and implementation of an internationally-recognized Masters Course on integrated dryland management. The MSc, launched this month, focuses on enhancing the capacity of developing...

Arab-Maghreb Union: Ministers of Agriculture endorse AMU-GM Cooperation Programme for 2009-2010

17 November, 2009

On 29 October in Marrakech, the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)'s Ministerial Committee on Food Security, which comprises the Ministers of Agriculture of the five member countries -Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia - endorsed the...

Drynet partners build momentum

16 November, 2009

Drynet is a network of 14 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working in 17 countries at policy and community level on sustainable rural development, dryland issues, and community empowerment. For three years now, Drynet partners have been...

Mali moves ahead in mobilizing innovative finance for SLM

5 November, 2009

An inter-sectoral coordination group is to be formally established to implement Mali’s Sector Strategy for gum arabic, a key product in the fight against land degradation, with significant trading potential. This encouraging step comes in the...

GM presents forest investment studies at World Forestry Congress

2 November, 2009

The World Forestry Congress (WFC), held every 6 years, is a landmark event in the world of forestry. This year, the GM was invited by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to co-organize and facilitate a segment on...

The GM's Alejandro Kilpatrick interviewed by Climate Change TV

29 October, 2009

During UNCCD COP 9 in Buenos Aires, a ministerial-level round table discussion ”What role for the land in the ongoing negotiations for a new climate change regime at Copenhagen?” was organized within the special high-level segment on...

Unlocking Africa's latent potential in carbon finance: challenges, options and opportunities

19 October, 2009

Cooperation between the Global Mechanism and the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) saw a further boost this week following a series of consultative meetings with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and...

El Mecanismo Mundial y COMIFAC descubren oportunidades de financiamiento para la tierra y el cambio climático en África Central [Spanish]

14 October, 2009

La sub-región de África Central contiene un potencial considerable para las actividades de mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático, y aún así los inventarios de los sitios viables o los...