over 7 years ago // UNGA 2018

The benefits of promoting sustainable land management and land use planning to make families and communities more resilient to climate change cannot be over-emphasized. Public finance will not suffice. However, good policy can motivate business to step into the world of sustainable land management.

over 11 years ago // #MDGMomentum

Up to 13 of the 17 proposed Sustainable Development Goals are directly linked to the use of land. How can we "square the circle" on land tenure and restoration? Find out in this opinion by UNCCD Executive Director Monique Barbut for our #MDG500 campaign.

over 11 years ago // #FeedingDev

What do we need to achieve large-scale transformation in restoring degraded land to productive use? Political will and putting our knowledge into action, the heads of the World Resources Institute and the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification write in an opinion for Feeding Development.

over 11 years ago // #FeedingDev

How do we feed 9 billion people by 2050? Start by recovering degraded farmland, writes Monique Barbut, executive secretary of the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification, in an exclusive guest commentary as part of our Feeding Development campaign.