DNI is co-organising a side event at UNCCD COP17 titled “Managing connectivity of wind, water and livestock for dryland restoration – A panel connecting dryland science, restoration practice and policy”. Dryland degradation rarely comes from a single cause. Wind erosion, water runoff, vegetation loss and overgrazing are connected processes that accelerate one another when poorly […]

Side event “From an Invisible Crisis to Collective Action: Communicating Desertification and Mobilising Solutions“, organised by DNI in collaboration with CSFD, NRD-UNISS and La Route Du Sel et de l’Espoir. DATE: 26 August 2026 TIME: 8.30 – 10:00 AST GMT+3 LOCATION: COP17 Blue Zone • M E T 0 7 • Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Flyer here!

Side event on “CO-CREATING KNOWLEDGE FOR RESILIENT RANGELANDS: Capacity Sharing with Pastoral and Indigenous Communities to Combat Desertification” organised by DNI in collaboration with CSFD, NRD-UNISS, University of Maryland, and AVSF. Date: 19 August 2026 Time: 16.30 – 18.00 (AST GMT+3) Location: COP17 Green Zone TSAGAADAI HALL ROOM Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Flyer side event 19 August UNCCD!

Soil data and information have been long considered key assets to support the design of sustainable land management (SLM) practices land restoration interventions. Two research projects funded by PRIMA Initiative (Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area) and European Commission Horizon Europe are building Soil Information Systems (SIS) in the Mediterranean (SOILS4MED Project) […]

The webinar “Recognize. Respect. Restore. From Soil Degradation and Desertification to Resilient Land Systems” will take place on June 17th from 11:00 – 13:30 CEST to celebrate the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (agenda here). Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XtCOlt0dRnqPD7bD_cSeVQ#/registration

ON JUNE 17, 2026 – AT 2:00PM PAKISTAN STANDARD TIME, THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, AND INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER (IRC), LCWU WILL BE HOSTING A WEBINAR IN OBSERVANCE OF DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT DAY: “RANGELANDS: RECOGNIZE. RESPECT. RESTORE” The agenda and meeting link are available here!

Towards UNCCD COP17: Youth and Scholar Perspectives on Mapping Resilient Drylands, Desertification, Rangelands, and Vegetation Dynamics The webinar will be held on Wednesday, 3rd June 2026 from 11:00am – 12:00pm (Asia/Karachi) and will focus on youth-led scientific research related to dryland resilience, rangeland sustainability, vegetation dynamics, desertification, and geospatial approaches for ecological monitoring in Pakistan. […]

Part 2 of the CS4LDN Land Degradation Neutrality Webinar Series 2026: Gender and LDN Implementation  14 May 2026 from 14:00 – 15:15 GMT    Register here: bit.ly/4bD5Yly    Learning Objective This webinar will help you gain practical insights into why gender equality matters for achieving sustainable Land Degradation Neutrality, how it is reflected in UNCCD frameworks, and how civil […]

The 23rd World Congress of Soil Science will take place in Nanjing, China, from June 7 to June 12, 2026. The WCSS2026 theme, ‘Soil and the Shared Future for Humanity’ focuses on the importance of soil for our future, with a variety of arrangements including poster exhibition, young researcher forum and soil judging contest. Tours […]

CRIC23 UNCCD Side Event Land degradation and Desertification risk monitoring and restoration assessment: Towards innovative science-based approaches DesertNet International presents innovative, science-based approaches to monitor land degradation and desertification risks (LDD) and assess restoration efforts explored and proposed in the frame of the projects MONALISA and TERRASAFE, developed under the Horizon Europe Mission Soil program. […]

The EUSO Technical Working Group on Soil Erosion is organizing a one-day webinar on gully erosion. This webinar will highlight ongoing research on gully erosion at local, European, and global scales. Join the webinar to hear from experts about the latest insights into gully erosion processes, monitoring, and modeling. More information Registration

The first part of the EUSO Stakeholders Forum will be an online event on 12th June, focussing on the topic “soil health and EU competitiveness”. During this event, case studies from the private sector will show how healthy soils can promote competitiveness in terms of the three pillars: a) closing the innovation gap b) decarbonisation […]

The Inaugural Conference of the Riyadh Drought Resilience Partnership is scheduled to take place on 23–24 June 2025 in Cologne, Germany. More information about in the attached documents. RDRP Inaugural Conference – Concept Note   Self-funded-Invitation letter_ RDRP Inaugural Conference_ 23 and 24th June 2025 Cologne Germany

IDMP Virtual Exchange – 27 May, 1:00 PM CEST Next-Generation Drought Monitoring and Early Warning Systems With droughts becoming more frequent and severe, the development of advanced monitoring and early warning systems is increasingly critical. The upcoming IDMP Virtual Exchange, scheduled for 27 May at 1:00 PM CEST, will focus on innovative tools and collaborative […]

SoilCarbon4Climate – Pathways for Soil Carbon in Temperate RegionsSeptember 11–13, 2025 | Conference Centre Mauerstrasse 27, Berlin, Germany We are pleased to announce the SoilCarbon4Climate Conference, which will also serve as the first-ever “4 per 1000” Regional Meeting for temperate climates. Hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and co-organized by the […]

On May 21st, the panel session “From Projects to Partnerships: A Mediterranean Dialogue on Land and Water Sustainability” will be held in the context of the 6th General Assembly of the SALAM-MED project. The event will be moderated by NextGen4MED, this session aims to create synergies between research and innovation projects active in the Mediterranean […]

In the 2025 spring conference of the “CIHEAM Zaragoza-Campus of Aula Dei Lecture Series”, we will be addressing challenges in the digitalisation of agrifood systems, particularly in the Mediterranean. Our guest speaker, Rosa Gallardo Cobos, director of the International Seat of Artificial Intelligence and Agriculture of the University of Cordoba in Spain, will talk to us about […]

The Office of Youth and Women of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with its World Food Forum (WFF) Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative), is pleased to invite you to the side event “From Learning to Leading: Youth Perspectives on Empowering Young Women in Agrifood Systems through Education and Training.” […]

The Regional Conference on Agroecology: Science and Policy will take place on 29-31 January 2025 in Tunis, with the possibility of online participation. The conference aims to advance agroecology as a transformative solution to food security, nutrition, and environmental challenges. For further information, check out the conference website. If you are interested in participating, here is […]

Would you like to submit a project proposal under the upcoming Interreg NEXT MED call focused on green transition? The call, with an EU contribution of €83.7 million, will be launched in mid-January. To provide more details, we are hosting two online events on January 9, 2025—one in English and one in French. During these […]