Desertification day message by Christian Mersmann, Managing Director of the Global Mechanism
17 June, 2008
“The UNCCD has enormous potential in this context, to become the main policy forum fostering the integration of the cross-cutting issues surrounding sustainable land management (SLM) into the broad context of international policy processes and into sustainable development at the country level” he added.
“The GM stands ready to strengthen strategic discussions on finance for UNCCD implementation with all its partners, in particular with the International Fund for Agricultural Development –IFAD - its host and the world’s second largest investment fund for SLM”
News
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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...
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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...
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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...
Events
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Workshop on financial resource mobilization for the Central and Eastern Europe region
10 September, 2008 - 12 September, 2008
On 10-12 September 2008, the GM will convene a regional workshop, in conjunction with the UNCCD Secretariat and the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech...
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Building capacity and exchanging knowledge on integrated financing strategies in SolArid countries
16 June, 2008 - 20 June, 2008
As part of its South-to south cooperation programme, SolArid, the GM is co-organizing an international workshop, in Praia, Cape Verde, from 16 to 20 June...
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Central American workshop on promoting civil society organizations’ engagement in sustainable land management
29 April, 2008 - 30 April, 2008
In Central America, civil society organizations (CSOs) play an important role in supporting rural communities in adopting sustainable land use and management...