🎉 Great news: our new common project "Inclusive decision support for land degradation neutrality among UNCCD Parties" was officially launched at the COP17 of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Mongolia.
The overall goal of the project is to strengthen the capacity of UNCCD Parties to assess, plan, implement, monitor, and report land degradation neutrality through inclusive decision support.
Learn more 👉 https://t.ly/0OrDY
#UNited4Land #UNCCDCOP17
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Now that GBIF is an officially accredited observer of the #UNCCD, we're heading to Mongolia next week to join #COP17Mongolia!
Catch the event hosted by @kylecopas and GBIF Mongolia on Wedneday: Biodiversity data to support desertification research and policy. 🌵
This 💙 blue zone event will introduce parties to GBIF and the benefits of open data on wild rangeland species.
📍26 August 2026, 10:30–12:00 UTC+8.
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RT by @cinea_EU: Restoring land restores hope 🌱💚
On this #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, we call for 🌍 action at the @UNCCD #COP17 in Mongolia
Because desertification, land degradation and droughts are global problems - and need a global response 👉 https://link.europa.eu/dBjPjK
#United4Land
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RT by @EUatUN: Restoring land restores hope 🌱💚
On this #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, we call for 🌍 action at the @UNCCD #COP17 in Mongolia
Because desertification, land degradation and droughts are global problems - and need a global response 👉 https://link.europa.eu/dBjPjK
#United4Land
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RT by @EU_ENV: Rangelands cover half the Earth's land surface and sustain over two billion people.
Up to 50% are now degraded or at risk.
On #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, the @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres calls for urgent action to restore our land.
Rangelands cover half the Earth's land surface and sustain over two billion people.
Up to 50% are now degraded or at risk.
On #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, the @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres calls for urgent action to restore our land.
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Restoring land restores hope 🌱💚
On this #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, we call for 🌍 action at the @UNCCD #COP17 in Mongolia
Because desertification, land degradation and droughts are global problems - and need a global response 👉 https://link.europa.eu/dBjPjK
#United4Land
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Just boarded my flight to Calgary, after a whirlwind week at the United Nations Staff College in Bonn, to attend the Global Changemaker Academy, a sort of land restoration boot camp for global parliamentarians. 29 MPs and Senators, from 29 countries. What an inspiring week, what a privilege to have been in the company of such remarkable lecturers and classmates! #GCAP2025 #UnitedNations #Bonn #SenateofCanada #cdnpoli #United4Land
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Guten Morgan from Germany! I have real “back to school” vibes as I begin my week of classes at the Global Changemaker Academy, hosted at the United Nations System Staff College in Bonn. 32 parliamentarians from all over the world, from Azerbaijan to Zambia, are gathered to learn about soil health, land reclamation and environmental advocacy. #GCAP2025 #United4Land #LearningForLand #SenateofCanada
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Tomorrow morning, I am flying off to Bonn, Germany, to attend the Global Changemaker Academy for Parliamentarians. I’m joining delegates from parliaments all around the globe for a week of seminars and master classes in soil health, land reclamation, land use planning and environmental advocacy. I am so honoured to have been invited by the United Nations to be part of this workshop. #United4Land #SenateOfCanada #cdnpoli #SoilHealthIsHumanHealth #GCAP #Bonn #GCAP2025
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"Restaurer la terre, c'est redonner vie aux communautés"
@AkakpoNaomi
, athlète olympique🇹🇬 & championne #Sport4Land, s’engage avec des jeunes pour la restauration des terres au Togo.Objectif: planter une forêt de 2028🌳 d’ici 2028.
https://buff.ly/7PPVwbO
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🌐🌱Tomorrow, 6 December, our joint publication with UNCCD and WOCAT, The Land Story, will be launched at #cop16riyadh ! From 13:00 – 14:30 at MET-06, representatives from the featured countries will discuss best practices, lessons learned and present replicable methodologies for future reporting 👉 t.ly/X_uPM
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RT by @EU_ENV: Up to 40% of the world’s land is already degraded - and it’s getting worse by the second.
It’s time to stand #UNited4Land.
via @IFAD
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We are glad to announce the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification UNCCD, CDE (University of Bern), and WOCAT latest publication on “Country experiences with reporting on land degradation and drought”, the Land Story! 👉 tinyurl.com/pfz7dehx
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Desertification and Drought Day, celebrated the various environmentally friendly and sustainable practices that the women in Kamatira, West Pokot in #Kenya, have adopted to give back to the same forest that nurtures them every day.
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📢 Nuevo informe de sequía 🌍💧 por AEOPAS, coincidiendo con el Día Mundial de Lucha contra la Sequía. Descarga el informe completo aquí: https://ow.ly/Cepc50SjVkB 📊🔍
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RT by @EU_ENV: On #DesertificationAndDroughtDay we honour our LIFE DESERT-ADAPT🌱
This #LIFEProject has contributed to the fight against #ClimateChange and land degradation in Spain, Italy & Portugal.
Discover their results achieved here👉 http://europa.eu/!pjv36F
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On #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, @UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw says that restoring the balance between increasing demands and shrinking resources is the biggest challenge facing the world http://xhtxs.cn/Ure #UNited4Land
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The future of our land is at stake. Desertification, land degradation, and drought are among the most pressing environmental challenges of our time.
Ahead of #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, @UNCCD explains why action must be taken now. #United4land UN Environment Programme @UNEP
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RT by @EU_ENV: 🌿🌎 This World Environment Day, we're proud to showcase 7 land restoration flagships around the world.
#UNited4Land, there's nothing we cannot accomplish! #WED
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RT by @EU_ENV: The #OurGreenMembers campaign kicks off from the sacred land of Harozee Maharaj in the desert village of Bambloo, Bikaner district. By this initiative we are also supporting @EU_ENV ‘s #ForOurPlanet initiative. Today 21,000 saplings of fruit plants have been planted by 21,000 families and adopted them as #GreenMembers in various villages of #Rajasthan and some parts of outside too. Gratitude to all participants and the Bambloo team. Join us in planting and adopting 1 billion trees as green members. 🌿 #UNited4Land #familial_forestry #SDG15 @ibrahimthiaw @ZSP_ORG @guardianeco @dwnews @ANI @pargaien @ParveenKaswan #ForestsDay
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RT by @EU_ENV: Did you know wetlands:
🦆 Reduce flood risk
🦆 Control soil erosion
🦆 House biodiversity
🦆 Purify water
🦆 Trap carbon
🦆 Provide "insurance" against #drought#WetlandsAreNotWastelands: get ready to celebrate these amazing ecosystems on 2 Feb. #WorldWetlandsDay
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/UNCCD/status/1752694389636571450#m
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Yay it's the #MangroveDay! 🦩🐠🦜🦀
Bridging the land and the sea, #mangroves form natural barriers against extreme weather events and protect coastlines from erosion.
Discover the "ridge to reef" approach to mangrove restoration via @WOCATnet
#UNited4Land #DíaDelManglar🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/UNCCD/status/1684118578566406144
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🌴 Rainforests provide us with
💊 25% of our medicines
🥥 80% of the natural foods we eat
And many other ecosystem services!
This #WorldRainforestDay, let’s recommit ourselves to protecting these incredible ecosystems. #UNited4Land https://t.co/H0zvhnPFxw🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/UNCCD/status/1671758665173585920
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⚠️Western Mediterranean countries are under severe #drought!
What are the main consequences?
🔸 Low soil moisture and river flows⬇️
🔸 Affecting plants & 🌾crops during their crucial growing seasonAnd the summer hasn’t even started...🔥☀️
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ScienceHub/status/1668619015365996550
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RT @UNCCD: 👩🏽🌾 👧🏽 We're excited to announce this year's #DesertificationAndDroughtDay theme, "Her Land. Her Rights." It sets an ambitious women's land rights agenda with the launch of the #HerLand campaign!
👩🏿🌾👧🏿 We invite all of you to learn more and join! #UNited4Land
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1637852000883810305
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RT @UNCCD: Within 30 years, 2/3 of the world’s population will live in urban areas. 90% of urban growth will occur in less-developed countries.
It's time to reset our urban-rural relationships and create a sustainable, productive future for our societies and our landscapes #UNited4Land
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1635203804298878976
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RT @UNCCD: Gender equality is our business, says UNCCD Deputy Executive Secretary @andreameza76 in her #WomensDay message.
Exciting new campaign coming up to empower women and girls #UNited4Land on the frontlines of land restoration. Stay tuned! #HerLand
@BonnGlobal @GlobalLF @UN_Women
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1633424456830930945
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RT @UNCCD: On March 3 #WorldWildlifeDay we celebrate the wild animals and plants, and their contribution to our lives and the health of the planet.
This year is also the 50th anniversary of @CITES that guards wild species under threat from illegal trade.

#CITES50 #WWD2023 #UNited4Land🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1630515347764789254
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RT @UNCCD: 📣It's #WorldWetlandsDay!
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#DYK that wetlands support livelihoods of 1 billion people worldwide?Let these success stories of #wetlands restoration inspire you to #ReviveAndRestore these wonderlands: https://www.unccd.int/news-stories/stories/wet-wonderlands-making-case-wetland-restoration #UNited4Land
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1621148537018003457
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RT @UNCCD: 📣It's #WorldWetlandsDay!
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#DYK that wetlands support livelihoods of 1 billion people worldwide?Let these success stories of #wetlands restoration inspire you to #ReviveAndRestore these wonderlands: https://www.unccd.int/news-stories/stories/wet-wonderlands-making-case-wetland-restoration #UNited4Land
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1621073141568266241
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RT @UNCCD: Wetlands are incredibly valuable #ecosystems, providing food and shelter to many endangered species🦎
But they are also fragile: Almost 9⃣0⃣% of wetlands have already disappeared. Ahead of the #WorldWetlandsDay, let's speak up for #wetlands!
https://www.worldwetlandsday.org/ #UNited4Land
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1620081349980991490
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RT @UNCCD: Let’s join the trend and look beyond the price tag to consider the cost of #fashion to people and planet 🏷️💚#UNited4Land #ReFashionNow
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1618567989649084416
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Happy #WorldSoilDay! 🐞
🌾 Healthy food
☔️ Healthy climate
🌎 Healthy planetThey all depend on healthy #Soil! In this message, our Executive Secretary @ibrahimthiaw highlights many ways we can #SaveSoil, the foundation of our well-being and our future! #United4Land #SoilHealth
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1599658579560120320