Media Release
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07 September 2017
Land Degradation & Restoration: Better Evidence-based Information Critical to Achieve Global Goals
__Ordos, China__ – Leading world experts today in China presented an update on the first comprehensive evidence-based assessment of global land degradation and restoration, to be launched next March by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ (IPBES).