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The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification is the global voice for land. We champion healthy, productive and accessible land for all #UNited4Land

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"Sport is a key tool to educate and mobilize on this vital issue of land degradation." 💪 Nao👩🏽‍🎨 talks about her impactful work as Sport4Land Champion for UN Land and Drought back in #Togo. #UNited4Land

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In Kaski, Nepal 🇳🇵, Laxmi Dawadi is using digital tools to change the game. Through farmbetter, she is empowering farmers to adopt climate-smart practices and restore their land. 📽️ Watch how innovation meets tradition → youtu.be/gLIeU1x8XUU WOCAT #UNited4Land

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150 million hectares restored = 200 million people fed. The link between land and life has never been clearer. Land is our greatest ally against hunger, poverty, and #climatechange. 🗓️ 17 June – #DesertificationAndDroughtDay. Restore the land. Unlock the opportunities.

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🗓️ 45 Days to Go | 17 June 2025 #DesertificationAndDroughtDay will spotlight the urgent need to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land and drive a trillion-dollar restoration economy. Let’s make 2025 the year we shift from loss to opportunity. #UNited4Land

🗓️ 45 Days to Go | 17 June 2025
#DesertificationAndDroughtDay will spotlight the urgent need to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land and drive a trillion-dollar restoration economy.

Let’s make 2025 the year we shift from loss to opportunity.

#UNited4Land
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🐦 When cities grow green, birds can find a place to land. When birds stop to rest, they bring life with them—scattering seeds, controlling pests, pollinating flowers. Restoring land—urban or wild—makes bird journeys possible. And birds help land thrive 💚 #UNited4Land World Migratory Bird Day

🐦 When cities grow green, birds can find a place to land.

When birds stop to rest, they bring life with them—scattering seeds, controlling pests, pollinating flowers.

Restoring land—urban or wild—makes bird journeys possible. And birds help land thrive 💚 

#UNited4Land <a href="/WMBD/">World Migratory Bird Day</a>
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Colombia is the host of this year's Desertification and Drought Day global observance on 17 June in Bogotá.   It will spotlight the country's bold efforts to restore land, unlock opportunities and ensure a better future for all. Learn more ➡️ unccd.int/news-stories/p… #UNited4Land

Colombia is the host of this year's Desertification and Drought Day global observance on 17 June in Bogotá.  

It will spotlight the country's bold efforts to restore land, unlock opportunities and ensure a better future for all. Learn more ➡️ unccd.int/news-stories/p…
#UNited4Land
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🌍 Students from Marienschule Bonn visited the UN Bonn today to explore fire, water, air and earth. 🔥💧🌬️🌱 We loved sharing with them in fun, hands-on ways how healthy #soil is 🔑 to all life on Earth 🌿✨ Ready to bring the land-friendly school spirit to your classroom? 📚

🌍 Students from Marienschule Bonn visited the <a href="/UNBonn/">UN Bonn</a> today to explore fire, water, air and earth. 
🔥💧🌬️🌱

We loved sharing with them in fun, hands-on ways how healthy #soil is 🔑 to all life on Earth 🌿✨

Ready to bring the land-friendly school spirit to your classroom? 📚
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📆 Colombia acogerá este 17 de junio el Día Mundial de Lucha contra la Desertificación y la Sequía, poniendo de relieve su apuesta por restaurar tierras y generar oportunidades para un futuro más resiliente. #UNited4Land ➡️ unccd.int/news-stories/p…

📆 Colombia acogerá este 17 de junio el Día Mundial de Lucha contra la Desertificación y la Sequía, poniendo de relieve su apuesta por restaurar tierras y generar oportunidades para un futuro más resiliente. #UNited4Land

➡️ unccd.int/news-stories/p…
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Always a pleasure to welcome Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of UN Land and Drought. Throughout these years, thank you for your friendship, support & partnership with UN Development. An excellent exchange on further strengthening collaboration between UNCCD & UNDP in follow up to last year's COP16.

Always a pleasure to welcome <a href="/ibrahimthiaw/">Ibrahim Thiaw</a>, Executive Secretary of <a href="/UNCCD/">UN Land and Drought</a>. Throughout these years, thank you for your friendship, support &amp; partnership with <a href="/UNDP/">UN Development</a>. An excellent exchange on further strengthening collaboration between UNCCD &amp; UNDP in follow up to last year's COP16.
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The African Union Commission through its Department #DARBE holding a 3-day Experts' and Partners' Engagement meeting on the Great Green Wall Initiative to Map out Key Activities by organisations and countries; Develop a Coordination Mechanism, and an Operation Plan for the

The African Union Commission through its Department #DARBE holding a 3-day Experts' and Partners' Engagement meeting on the Great Green Wall Initiative to Map out Key Activities by organisations and countries; Develop a Coordination Mechanism, and an Operation Plan for the
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Just 7 days until #BiodiversityDay 2025! 🌿 One week to celebrate biodiversity— and commit to living in #HarmonyWithNature. 🌍 Are you ready to take action for our planet? 💚 cbd.int/biodiversity-d… #KMGBF #GlobalGoals

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3⃣0⃣ days to go until #DesertificationandDroughtDay 2025! This year’s focus is onrestoring land to unlock opportunities. Land is our future—let’s invest in it—for communities, climate and nature. Mark you calendar and join the global call to action on 17 June #UNited4Land

3⃣0⃣ days to go until #DesertificationandDroughtDay 2025! 

This year’s focus is onrestoring land to unlock opportunities. 

Land is our future—let’s invest in it—for communities, climate and nature. 

Mark you calendar and join the global call to action on 17 June #UNited4Land
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It's clear that we cannot achieve the #sdgs2030 if we continue to disrupt the natural systems on which we depend. Protecting #Biodiversity is fundamental to our well-being. Our health, wealth, and the livelihoods of millions depend on harmony with nature. My statement:

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🌿 #BiodiversityDay is your day and everyone’s day. Let’s work together for a world where biodiversity thrives, ecosystems flourish and people live in harmony with nature. 🌍 cbd.int/biodiversity-d…

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Watch the #BiodiversityDay 2025 message by Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of the UN Land and Drought. This year's theme is "Harmony with nature and sustainable development." #KMGBF #GlobalGoals youtu.be/N0jyZzqbmJo

Watch the #BiodiversityDay 2025 message by <a href="/ibrahimthiaw/">Ibrahim Thiaw</a>, Executive Secretary of the <a href="/UNCCD/">UN Land and Drought</a>.

This year's theme is "Harmony with nature and sustainable development." #KMGBF #GlobalGoals

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Today is International Day for Biological Diversity #BiodiversityDay: a celebration of the foundation of all life on Earth. This year influential voices have joined our campaign, calling for harmony with nature and sustainable development: 📢cbd.int/biodiversity-d… Thank you

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Land restoration is one of the most powerful tools we have to protect #biodiversity. As we gear up for the #DesertificationandDroughtDay in June, this World Biodiversity Day is a timely reminder: healing nature starts with restoring land 🤲💚 #WorldBiodiversityDay #UNited4Land

Land restoration is one of the most powerful tools we have to protect #biodiversity. As we gear up for the #DesertificationandDroughtDay in June, this World Biodiversity Day is a timely reminder: healing nature starts with restoring land 🤲💚

#WorldBiodiversityDay #UNited4Land
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It is with great pleasure that I announce the appointment of Dr. Yasmine Fouad from Egypt as the next Executive Secretary of UN Land and Drought. A champion for our environment, she'll lead our crucial mission with great vision. I'm coordinating with Yasmine on her start date, which is in

It is with great pleasure that I announce the appointment of Dr. Yasmine Fouad from Egypt as the next Executive Secretary of <a href="/UNCCD/">UN Land and Drought</a>. 

A champion for our environment, she'll lead our crucial mission with great vision. I'm coordinating with Yasmine on her start date, which is in
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Congrats to #Egypt’s Minister of Environment, Dr. Yasmine Fouad, on her appointment as Executive Secretary of UN Land and Drought! A well-earned recognition of her leadership in climate & environment. Proud to see Egypt leading on the global stage. 🌍🇪🇬