Education is where land restoration begins 🌱🌍 On 21 August at #COP17UNCCD, the French Pavilion hosted the workshop “Educating Future Generations for Resilient Lands: Education on Desertification, Land Degradation Neutrality and Global Citizenship Responsibility” jointly organized by DesertNet International, the French Scientific Committee on Desertification (CSFD) and the Youth Negotiators Academy (YNA). Bringing together researchers, […]

The Mission Soil Work Program 2025 includes 13 calls for proposals and a total indicative budget of 121 million euro. The Work Program 2025 includes new calls for Living Labs, and calls on drivers and costs of land degradation, on the EU Global footprint on soils and on soil salinity, among others. Deadline for submitting […]

Gully erosion channels were mapped across the full LUCAS 2022 survey (ca 400 000 locations). This expert-based assessment identifies the presence or absence of gully erosion forms at each LUCAS location, through in situ and on-screen observations. The findings led to the development and validation of the LUCAS Gully Erosion Model (GE-LUCAS v1.1), a pan-European […]

Led by CIFOR-ICRAF, the FAO, and funded by the European Union, the “Knowledge for Great Green Wall Action (K4GGWA)” programme is inviting submissions from civil society and dedicated stakeholders across 18 eligible countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Sudan, Chad , Djibouti, Sénégal, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Cameroon, Ghana, Bénin, Cape Verde, Gambia, Somalia, South Sudan. […]

Mongolia will host the 17th Conference of the parties of the United Nations Convention to fight desertification (COP17) in 2026. This global event will focus on desertification, degradation of the soil and drought. Mongolia, strongly affected by desertification, will promote solutions for the restoration of the land and the sustainable management of the lands. The […]

Joint statement formulated on June 20, 2024, on the occasion of the virtual meeting “Combating desertification: success stories from across the African continent”, jointly organized by Nucleo di Ricerca sulla Desertificazione (NRD, University of Sassari, Italy) and DesertNet International to celebrate the World Day to Combat Desertification 2024. The joint declaration is available in ENGLISH […]

“UNCCD Youth Caucus Road to UNCCD COP16” is a webinar series, a powerful initiative that aims to empower young people globally for impactful participation at COP16. This bi-weekly series will run from November 10 to November 30 and provide youth with the tools, knowledge, and networks to shape sustainable land management policies effectively. The sessions cover essential […]

UNIMED is pleased to announce that the SAFE ‘Supporting At-risk Researchers with Fellowships in Europe’ project has officially started. As a pilot fellowship scheme funded by the European Union (EU), the project aims to help at-risk researchers escape the threat they face and continue their research in safety in an EU Member State. The project will provide […]

DeserNet International is pleased to announce that Dr. Nausheen Mazhar, our DNI Member and Coordinator of Working Group 1, also Chairperson, Department of Geography, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, represented DNI and Pakistan at the prestigious 4th International Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Beijing, China, from September 6-8, 2024. […]

We are thrilled to extend our heartfelt congratulations on the nomination of Dr. Jean Luc-CHOTTE, member of DNI, as Chevalier dans l’Ordre national de la Légion du Mérite! This prestigious recognition is a testament to the outstanding contributions and unwavering dedication to combating Desertification.

There is a Call for Application for “UCAS International Summer School 2024：Global Change and Ecological Health” will be hosted by UCAS from July 18 to July 27, 2024. The application Period is April 1st—May 31st, 2024. More information here.

Using land-cover information to monitor progress on Sustainable Development Goal 15 This course seeks to provide a basic understanding of land-cover data and its use for monitoring progress towards the achievement of international agreed goals, such as Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15, with a practical focus on its Indicators 15.3.1 (proportion of land that is […]