The Road to a PhD in Sustainable Land Management
In 2023, the GEO-LDN Flagship established an international postgraduate program focused on land degradation neutrality (LDN) at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Ghana.
Capacity Development
GEO-LDN Latest Newsletter Out now!!
The April 2024 edition of the GEO-LDN Newsletter highlights our work in the first quarter of the year, featuring the TSP 2.0 Workshop, ESP Symposium, Principals Meeting, Monthly Online Seminars, and the launch of Online Support Sessions. Explore updates on GEO-LDN’s activities and milestones.
LDN Target Setting Program (TSP) 2.0 at Doha
The Global Training Workshop on “Strengthening Land Restoration Targets and Commitments” convened 18 TSP 2.0 countries with experts from UNCCD, FAO, UNDP, GIZ and others. Participants worked to make LDN targets time-bound and spatially explicit, explored synergies with other Rio Conventions, and advanced the use of geospatial data and Earth observation for 2030 goals.
Postgraduate Programme on LDN at UENR
In September 2023, the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Ghana launched the first international postgraduate programmes on Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN). Supported by GEO-LDN, UNCCD, and BMZ/GIZ, the MSc, MPhil, and PhD programmes aim to equip future professionals with cutting-edge knowledge, research skills, and networks to advance sustainable land management globally.
LDN Training prior to AfriGEO Symposium 2023
Ahead of the AfriGEO Symposium 2023 in Swakopmund, Namibia, GEO-LDN hosted a two-day training workshop on land degradation monitoring. Thirty-one AfriGEO delegates explored tools such as SEPAL, Trends.Earth, the Great Green Wall Big Data Facilitator, and OSS’s use of Digital Earth Africa, strengthening capacity to plan and monitor progress toward Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN).
