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GEO-LDN Latest Newsletter Out now!!
28. May 2024
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.
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GEO-LDN at NewLife4Drylands Final Conference
17. May 2024
At the NewLife4Drylands Final Conference (14–16 May), GEO-LDN Co-Chair Antje Hecheltjen introduced the Flagship and highlighted opportunities for cross-network collaboration on LDN and land restoration. GEO-LDN emphasized knowledge exchange, expert engagement, and experience in intersectoral team building, with further exchanges planned at the upcoming UNCCD COP alongside the GEO Secretariat.
Virtual Participation in the NAP Expo 2024
7. May 2024
At NAP Expo 2024 (Bangladesh), CI’s Alex Zvoleff—co-lead of GEO-LDN Working Group 3, stressed that credible adaptation planning starts with mapping degraded land. With GEF-backed Trends.Earth, CI and GEO-LDN support countries to use Earth observation data for monitoring and advancing Land Degradation Neutrality.
GEO-LDN Launches First Online Support Session
7. May 2024
On 19 March 2024, GEO-LDN launched its first Online Support Session, building on the momentum of the Global Dialogue Forum 2023. Fourteen intersectoral country teams shared progress and challenges on their LDN roadmaps, engaging with international experts for peer-to-peer exchange, technical support, and feedback to improve geodata tools and strengthen SDG 15.3.1 reporting.
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GEO-LDN Principals’ Meeting 2024
7. May 2024
On 11–12 March 2024, GEO-LDN principals met in Bonn to review 2023 milestones, set the 2024 plan, and prepare for strong engagement at UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh. Discussions focused on strengthening the global network and sustaining country engagement, with follow-on contributions to UNCCD’s revision of Good Practice Guidance for SDG 15.3.1.
GEO-LDN at ESA Symposium in March 2024
12. March 2024
On 6–7 March in Frascati, Italy, the ESA Symposium on Earth Observation for Soil Protection and Restoration brought together experts from international organizations and academia. GEO-LDN contributed to a session on soil monitoring, highlighting the need for stronger SOC datasets and the role of emerging technologies in advancing Land Degradation Neutrality and SDG 15.3.1.
LDN Target Setting Program (TSP) 2.0 at Doha
29. February 2024
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.
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LDN Toolbox Training at RCMRD, Nairobi
12. October 2023
GEO-LDN organised a Training-of-Trainers (ToT) on the LDN Toolbox in partnership with the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), Conservation International (CI) and WOCAT (World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies). Participants included: Training materials developed by WOCAT are available on the WOCAT website; additional materials will be shared here soon.
Postgraduate Programme on LDN at UENR
30. September 2023
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.
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LDN Training prior to AfriGEO Symposium 2023
23. September 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).
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