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PISLM Executive Director Calls for Stronger National Data Ecosystems to Support UNCCD Reporting

Executive Director of the Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM), Dr. Ronen Francis, has called for stronger national data ecosystems to support countries in delivering timely, reliable and nationally owned reporting under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Dr. Francis made the call during a joint CRIC/CST plenary session at UNCCD COP17,...

Efforts to advance and equip Small Island Developing States with high-resolution geospatial data and practical tools to monitor land degradation are being made. Through the SIDS 4 LDN Project, national reporting is being strengthened, while support is being given to evidence-based land management decisions. Funded by the Global Environment Facility, the initiative is designed to...

Resource Mobilization a priority for Haiti to support Land Degradation

Haiti has identified the need for coordinated resource mobilization in support of national resilience and the objectives of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. This was raised by Sony Jules, one of the country’s representatives at the conference in Mongolia. Jules explained that effective collaboration with organisations like the Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land...

On #Day2 of the UNCCD COP17, Caribbean representatives from Guyana, along with PISLM’s Executive Director Dr. Ronen Francis, joined over 150 participants for a GEF side event focused on results, lessons, and future opportunities to tackle land degradation and drought. The discussion highlighted achievements from the GEF-8 investment cycle and looked ahead to GEF-9, including...

Grenada Calls for Inclusive and Responsible Use of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence to Support Land Restoration and Drought Resilience

  Grenada has called for greater inclusion, capacity-building, and safeguards in the use of digitalization and artificial intelligence to advance sustainable land management, land restoration, and drought resilience. Delivering Grenada’s statement during discussions of the Committee on Science and Technology at the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention...