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Land degradation neutrality in small island developing states

Briefing note

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Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Bonn, Germany ;

Pages 24 p.

Author Walter, S., Telwala, Y., Helsen, Y., Bonne, G., James, C., Jauffret, S., Dookhun, A., Lhumeau, A. & Oragba, C.

Publisher UNCCD and FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category High-profile

ISBN 978-92-5-132097-6

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) During COP 13, the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD and FAO strengthened their collaborative efforts to support Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to set national targets to achieve LDN. The purpose was to identify lessons learned from the LDN target setting process in SIDS in order to generate recommendations to policy makers and interested stakeholders on future actions and to consider cross-cutting issues and linkages between emerging and existing challenges and priorities. This briefing note presents an overview of these recommendations.

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UNCCD and FAO. 2020. Land degradation neutrality in small island developing states. Bonn, Germany.


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