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Display # 5101520253050100All Expanding Business Opportunities through SLM: a Leadership Dialogue with the Private Sector 03 February 2012 The Ministry of Local Government, Housing, Early Education and Environmental Protection of Zambia and the Global Mechanism (GM) are hosting a breakfast meeting on the theme: "Expanding Business Opportunities through Sustainable Land Management: A Leadership Dialogue with the Private Sector", on 3 February 2012, in Lusaka. This breakfast meeting is being organized as part of the Government of Zambia’s efforts and commitment to engage the business community in an innovative partnership to support sustainable land man... Read more Towards an Integrated Financing Strategy in Zambia: Workshop to Validate Stocktaking Reports 31 January 2012 - 02 February 2012 A validation workshop is being organized by the Government of Zambia, with the technical and financial support of the Global Mechanism (GM) from 31 January to 2 February in Lusaka, as part of the country’s  efforts and commitment to developing  an Integrated Financing Strategy (IFS) for sustainable land management (SLM).The IFS aims to promote secure and sustainable financing for combating desertification and promoting SLM in Zambia and is being developed with support from the GM and key development partners. As part of the IFS p... Read more Regional Workshop on Technology Transfer and South-to-South Cooperation 25 January 2012 - 26 January 2012 The Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) and the Global Mechanism (GM) are jointly organizing an international workshop on technology transfer between Sahel and Maghreb countries and local stakeholders, in the context of the GM’s South-to-South Cooperation programme, SolArid, on 25 and 26 January, in Tunis,Tunisia. The main objective of the workshop is to capitalize on existing initiatives and lessons learned at sub-regional and national levels, in order to upscale potential technology transfer initiatives to combat desertification ... Read more COP 10 side event: SLM and Climate Change Finance 14 October 2011 Changwon, South Korea The GM is organizing a side event on Integrating Sustainable Land Management into Climate Change Financing, together with key development partners including the UNCCD Secretariat, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) at the margins of COP 10, on Friday 14th October, 2011. The event will take place in Conference Room MET-04 between 1 and 3pm. The key objectives of this event are to: Present successful ex... Read more UNCCD Secretariat and GM join forces at COP 10 side event on civil society 16 October 2011 Changwon, South Korea The UNCCD Secretariat and the GM are co-hosting a workshop on the margins of COP 10 in Changwon, Republic of Korea, under the theme: "Enhancing Civil Society capacity for Resource Mobilisation in the Context of the UNCCD".The event, which will be hosted on 16 October,  brings together Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and experts with the objective of sharing lessons and exchanging knowledge on how to successfully mobilise financial resources for CSO activities and programmes, as well as discussing the engagement of CSOs as sta... Read more COP 10 side event: Integrated Economic Assessment of Land 12 October 2011 Changwon, South Korea Land resources and the associated ecosystem services sustain global production and consumption processes and are also the basis of the livelihoods of most of the world's poor people. Where managed sustainably, natural resources can generate great value for both the local and global economy, while at the same time providing opportunities for poor people to improve their livelihoods and reducing vulnerability to climate change. However, the true economic value of these resources is often unknown or neglected. This may result in land use/manag... Read more COP 10 in Republic of Korea 10 October 2011 - 21 October 2011 Changwon, Republic of Korea The 10th session of the UNCCD COP will take place from October 10- 21, 2011 in Changwon, Republic of Korea, bringing the event for the first time to the Asian continent. Running alongside the main event, will be the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 10) and the Committee on Science and Technology ... Read more International Conference on Dryland ecosystem functioning and resilience: integrating biophysical assessment with socio-economic issues 06 July 2011 - 08 July 2011 Alghero, Italy The lack of adequate data on costs of desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD) and the benefits of sustainable land management (SLM) are major barriers to convincing policy makers of the urgency to invest in the land. A comprehensive study of the human, economic and environmental monetary and non-monetary costs of neglecting DLDD is therefore needed. The first objective of this Conference is, therefore, to relate a better understanding of the landscape-scale dynamics that lead to improvements in nutrient and water cycling... Read more Research Workshop on Evaluating Policies, Programmes and Projects to Fight Desertification 29 June 2011 - 30 June 2011 Montepellier, France The French Desertification Scientific Committee (CSFD) and the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute in Montpellier (IAMM) are organizing a research workshop/seminar on Policies, Programmes and Projects to Fight Desertification, in cooperation with the UNCCD Secretariat and the Global Mechanism. The event, which will take place on 29 and 30 June 2011 is being supported by the Agence française de développement (AfD), Agence universitaire de la francophonie (AUF), Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le... Read more Exchange of Experience and Knowledge on Incentive and Market-based Mechanisms for Sustainable Land Management 23 March 2011 - 25 March 2011 Turrialba, Costa Rica Given the magnitude of land degradation globally, and its negative impacts on rural livelihoods, which compromise productivity, new and innovative mechanisms are needed to encourage investments in SLM and promote and the adoption of good practices in all land use sectors.In this context and in response to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)'s 10-year Strategy, the Global Mechanism (GM) has been working with CATIE to develop an analytical framework to identify relevant incentive and market-based mechanisms (IMBMs) for... Read more   «  Start   Prev   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   Next   End  » Page 1 of 8