UN Convention to Combat Desertification reviews IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration and Global Assessments and develops extensive recommendations

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Following their review of the IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration and Global Assessments, the Science-Policy Interface of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) drew six main conclusions related to their own efforts to avoid, reduce and reverse land degradation. They then offered a list of subsequent recommendations for parties at UNCCD CST 14 on how to incorporate Land Degradation Neutrality into policy and planning across sectors in an integrated way to safeguard biodiversity, ecosystem services, and livelihoods.