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FC meets in Buenos Aires

13 March, 2007

The 17th Session of the GM’s Facilitation Committee (FC), met in Buenos Aires on 12 March 2007, in the margins of the 5th session of the Committee for the Review of the Convention (CRIC.5).  The meeting was chaired by Mr Warren Evans,...

Strengthening partnerships in the fight against desertification

16 February, 2007

A workshop on “Strengthening partnerships in the fight against desertification”, organized by the High Commission for Water and Forestry in Morocco (HCEFLCD), in cooperation with UNDP, GTZ, representatives of the European Union, the...

GM & partners launch dedicated e-forum on women's empowerment

14 February, 2007

In close collaboration with SolArid and the West and Central Africa programme, the GM is launching a special initiative to empowering women in decision-making, as part of its activities to implement the UNCCD in Francophone Africa.   This...

GM launches regional advisory services in Latin America & the Caribbean

8 February, 2007

In order to increase the effectiveness of the GM’s programme and services throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the GM has posted four Regional Advisors to the region.   This innovation is part of the GM’s overall...

Final report of the International Workshop on the Economic & Social Costs of Desertification now available

7 February, 2007

The final report of the International Workshop on the Economic & Social Costs of Desertification, held at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, 4-5 Dec 2006, is now available. Download...

GM/ICTSD Workshop toolkit now available

6 February, 2007

The toolkit from the exploratory dialogue organized by the GM and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), held at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva, 31 Jan-1 Feb 2007, is now...

New FIELD portal now online

11 January, 2007

The GM is proud to announce the release of the new version of FIELD, accessible from a new Internet domain:www.gmfield.info.   FIELD – The GM’s Financial Information Engine on Land Degradation is a dynamic knowledge management system...

Earth Council launches interactive e-learning course on desertification

17 November, 2006

To mark the International Year for Deserts and Desertification, the Earth Council, in cooperation with Unisféra, EarthAction and the UNCCD Secretariat, has launched an on-line course,”Desertification - A Global Challenge for Local...

GM co-sponsors GreenFacts' work on desertification

16 November, 2006

GreenFacts is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to bring complex scientific consensus reports on health and the environment to the reach of non-specialists. Its work stems from the belief that state-of-the-art scientific...

US$1.4 billion partnership launched to combat land degradation in Central Asia

16 November, 2006

Five Central Asian countries have joined with more than a dozen development cooperation partners in Almaty, Kazakhstan,  to launch a US$1.4 billion programme to restore, maintain and enhance the productivity of degraded land, so as to improve the...