WOCAT participation at the UNCCD CRIC21
The twenty-first session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (#CRIC21) to the UNCCD will take place from 13 to 17 November in Samarkand, Uzbekistan! Together with our partners, WOCAT will contribute to various side events, showcasing our efforts in assisting countries in enhancing LDN monitoring and reporting, promoting South-South collaboration, and advancing integrated land use planning. The WOCAT Global Network will express its role in supporting data generation and knowledge sharing on LD & SLM best practices and capacity building, in collaboration with the UNCCD and other partners.
Side Events with WOCAT contributions
Upgrading LDN implementation through Recarbonization of Soils (RECSOIL)
Organized by: FAO
SDG 15.3: Caribbean SIDS Journey to 2030
Organized by: PISLM
The LDN-Tenure-Gender nexus: emerging good practices and tools for transformation
Organized by: FAO
Accelerating achievements of national targets through scalable practices within dryland landscapes
Organized by: FAO
Integrated land use planning to reverse the trend: from degraded land to healthy soils – for food security and land degradation neutrality
Organized by: FAO
Resilient Pastures for Land Degradation Neutrality in Central Asia
Organized by: IUCN
How the Group on Earth Observations for Land Degradation Neutrality (GEO-LDN) supports countries to use Geospatial data to achieve LDN
Organized by: GIZ
Using national data and expert knowledge to map Land degradation, estimate SDG 15.3.1 and report to UNCCD: successful stories from 6 countries
Organized by: Panama
Learning from each other: successful experiences on knowledge exchange and South South Cooperation for achieving Land Degradation Neutrality
Organized by: Brazil
WOCAT's LDN expert Dr. Ingrid Teich shared valuable insights during the UNCCD CRIC21 interactive plenary discussion on 16 November 2023, reflecting on the experiences acquired through WOCAT’s provision of technical assistance for land degradation monitoring and reporting in various pilot countries. Despite time constraints, countries were able to integrate default data with more in-depth analysis, enabling the reclassification of data categories to better reflect local realities.
Find the presentation and video below.
A total of 36 decisions were taken at COP15. Five decisions highlight the role of WOCAT in supporting knowledge sharing, generating SLM good practices data and building capacity in collaboration with UNCCD and other partners.
Our team in Samarkand
Switzerland
ArgentinaOur Consortium Partners in Samarkand
Italy
Panama
Uzbekistan
Germany