UN Convention to Combat Desertification cites the IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration report findings as partial rationale in key objective of their SPI work programm

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) In the provisional agenda for the Fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties Committee on Science and Technology, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD) cites the findings of the IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Report as a motivating rationale for one objective of their 2020-2021 Science-Policy Interface work programme. The objective seeks to provide further science-based evidence of the potential contribution of integrated land use planning and integrated landscape management to bring about positive transformative change in the context of land degradation neutrality. The IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Report provides a rationale for the UNCCD’s objective as it suggested that land transformation resulting from land use change is having major impacts on human well-being and biodiversity.