GEO-LDN Programme at UNCCD COP16
including the Global Dialogue Forum 2024
The upcoming GEO-LDN Global Dialogue Forum (
GDF 2024_Concept Note.pdf
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) will be held at UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 3rd to 13th December 2024. It will build upon the achievements and insights gained from the previous Global Dialogue Forum held in South Africa in November 2023 and a series of in-person events: Partners4change in Nairobi, Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN) learning workshop in Ghana, Regional Dialogue Forum in Senegal and online support sessions.
Please check for the Use Case Presentations below
| 04.12. 05.12. 06.12. 07.12. |
| 09.12. 10.12. 11.12. 12.12. |
3rd of December
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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10:00-11:15 |
Members of intersectoral GEO-LDN country Team Colombia & Peru |
The GEO-LDN country teams Colombia and Peru present their GEO-LDN use cases |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
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09:00-18:00 |
Country Teams Colombia, Nigeria & Peru |
The country teams Colombia, Nigeria and Peru present their GEO-LDN uses cases |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone |
4th of December
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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09:00-09:45 |
Navneet Kumar, UNU-EHS |
Innovative Techniques for Mapping and Monitoring Degraded Land Using Earth Observation |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
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10:00-13:00 |
Neil Sims Remote Sensing Research Scientist at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Anke Schickling, WORLDSOILS Technical Officer at ESA (t.b.d) |
Joint CRIC/CST plenary session: interactive dialogue on "Horizon scanning for the post-2030 UNCCD Monitoring Framework |
BLUE Zone Plenary Hall |
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10:00-11:00 |
Cesar Garcia, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Decision Support”, Apacheta |
Exchange on individual use cases with Geospatial expert Cesar Garcia, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Decision Support”, Apacheta for Peru & Colombia in spanish |
GEO& GEO-LDN Workshop room/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
| 15:00-16:00 | Neil Sims Remote Sensing Research Scientist at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) | Session with Geospatial Expert Neil Sims from CSIRO on new Datasets for LDN for Teams Nigeria, Peru & Colombia | GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
|
17:45-18.45 |
Yvonne Walz, UNU-EHS Karen Sudmeier-Rieux, UNCCD |
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GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
|
09:00-18:00 |
Country Teams Colombia, Nigeria & Peru |
The country teams Colombia, Nigeria and Peru present their GEO-LDN uses cases |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone
|
5th of December
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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09:30-10:30 |
Members of intersectoral GEO-LDN country Team Nigeria & Ghana Coastal Erosion |
The GEO-LDN country teams Nigeria & Ghana Coastal Erosion present their use cases |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
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11:30-13:30 |
Cesar Garcia, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Decision Support”, Apacheta
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GEE Apps Session for GDF participants (country teams Peru & Colombia) |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
|
14:30-15:30 |
Members of intersectoral GEO-LDN country Team Ghana CAP & Ghana Coastal Erosion |
The GEO-LDN country teams Ghana CAP & Ghana Coastal Erosion present their use cases |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
|
15:30-17:00 |
Isa Abubakar, Data Scientist at Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN) Initiative, Nigeria |
Kobo Toolbox Training for english speaking GDF participants (country teams from Nigeria, Ghana CAP, Ghana Costal Erosion, Kenia, Georgia) |
GEO&GEO-LDN Workshop room/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
|
15.30- 17.00 |
Cesar Garcia, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Decision Support”, Apacheta Olga Lucia Ospina, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MINAM), Colombia and others |
Ecuador proposal: Ecoregional Approach for Mapping Land Degradation and estimating SDG indicator 15.3.1 in Highly Diverse Countries |
BLUE Zone, MET 03 |
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15:30-17:00 |
Maurille Elégbédé, Focal Point of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Benin Harish Daware, Director, WOTR in India Dr. Tatenda Lemann, World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) / Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)) Stephanie Katsir, Representative of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (ProSoil) Representative of CGIAR (TBC) |
Sustainable Land Management and Agroecology in Synergy: Evidence, Good Practices and Lessons Learnt for Scaling |
BLUE Zone, MET 04 |
|
09:00-18:00 |
Country Teams Ghana Costal Erosion, Ghana CAP & Kenia |
The Country Teams Nigeria, Ghana Coastal Erosion, Ghana CAP, Peru, Colombia & Kenia present their GEO-LDN uses cases |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone |
6th of December
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
| GREEN ZONE only opens at 14:00 because of Prayer Time. BLUE Zone is open. | |||
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13:00-14:30 |
Ms. Nino Chikovani, UNCCD NFP, Georgia Ms. Maka Manjavidze, TSP II leading expert, Georgia Mr. Jorge Miguel Leal Pinedo, Ministry of Environment of Peru Ms Maurille Elégbédé, UNCCD NFP, Benin Mr. Elie Antoine Padonou, National University of Agriculture of Benin Cesar Garcia, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Decision Support”, Apacheta Gabriel Daldegan, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Data Analytics”, Conservation International (C.I.) |
Strengthening Land Restoration Targets and Commitments with Geospatial Data |
BLUE Zone, MET 02 |
| 14:00-15:00 | Isa Abubakar, Data Scientist at Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN) Initiative, Nigeria |
Kobo Toolbox Training for english speaking GDF participants Part 2 (country teams from Nigeria, Ghana CAP, Ghana Costal Erosion, Kenia, Georgia) |
GEO& GEO-LDN Meeting Room, GREEN ZONE |
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15:00-16:30 |
GEO-LDN Leads |
First preliminary GEO-LDN Leads Group Meeting |
GEO& GEO-LDN Workshop/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
| 15:30-16:30 | Lissong Diop, Geospatial Data Analysist at Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE), Senegal |
DEA Training for French speaking countries (DRC, Benin, Senegal) |
GEO& GEO-LDN Meeting Room, GREEN ZONE |
| 16:45-18:30 |
Gabriel Dalgedan, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group "Data Analytics, Conservation International (C.I.)" |
Trends.earth demo for english speaking GDF participants (Country Teams Nigeria, Ghana CAP, Ghana Coastal Erosion, Georgia & Kenya) | GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion Meeting Room, GREEN Zone |
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17:15-18:45 |
Isa Abubakar, Data Scientist at Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN) initiative, Nigeria |
Kobo Toolbox training for French speaking GDF participants (DRC, Benin, Senegal) |
GEO& GEO-LDN Workshop room/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
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18:00-20:00 |
Dr Amadou Sall, Centre de Suivi Ecologique, Senegal Ermias Betemariam (ICRAF) Feras Ziadat Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Neil Sims Remote Sensing Research Scientist at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) & others |
How Integrated Land Use Planning (ILUP) contributes to LDN, food and tenure security and multiple environmental goals – Country examples and an overview of the progress since COP.15 |
BLUE Zone MET-24 |
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18:00 – 20:00 |
UNCCD, FAO & others
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Recognizing shared lands, rights, knowledge and institutions in a changing world |
BLUE Zone, Action Dome |
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14:00-18:00 |
Country teams Ghana Costal Erosion, Ghana CAP, Kenya and Senegal Eunice Wangui Mwangi (RCMRD) |
The country teams Ghana Costal Erosion, Ghana CAP, Kenya and Senegal present their use cases Helpdesk presented at one Booth |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone
|
7th of December
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Time |
Titel |
Location |
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Entire day (Agenda coming soon) |
Global Dialogue Forum (GDF) 2024 with 60-70 participants from 10 countries and experts invited by GEO-LDN |
MET-09, BLUE Zone |
8th of December
|
No official program, time for recovery and networking |
9th of December
|
Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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09:30-11:00 |
Yana Gevorgyan, Director GEO Secretariat |
Launch of the GEO Global Ecosystem Atlas |
BLUE Zone |
| 11:00-12:15 | Members of intersectoral Team Kenya & the Democratic Republic of Congo | The GEO-LDN country teams Kenya and DRC present their use cases |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
|
13:00-15:00 |
Edward Boamah, Technical Manager at Digital Earth Africa (DEA) |
DEA training for English speaking countries (Nigeria, Ghana CAP, Ghana CE, Georgia, Kenya, Mongolia) |
GEO& GEO-LDN Workshop room/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
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13:00-15:00 |
Yana Gevorgyan, Director of Secretariat, Group on Earth Observations – GEO Maurille Elégbédé, National UNCCD Focal Point of Benin Neil Sims GEO-LDN Co-Chair, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSRIO) |
Healing our land through science and Earth Intelligence |
BLUE Zone, Action Dome |
|
15:30-16:30 |
Zoltan Szantoi, European Space Agency (ESA) Andreas Brink, Senior Scientific and Technical Project Officer, JRC Xiaosong Li, Prof., International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, Chinese Academy of Sciences Cesar Garcia, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Decision Support”, Apacheta Gabriel Daldegan, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Data Analytics”, Conservation International Moderator: Bernd Eversmann, GEO-LDN |
Panel Discussion: Acting on COP- Decisions - Advancing High-Resolution Geodata and Facilitating Access to Earth Observation Tools for National LDN Targets |
Science Stage, GREEN Zone |
|
17:00-18:00 |
Global Project Soil Protection & Rehabilitation, GIZ |
Decision-support systems for Land Degradation Neutrality: Innovative technologies to support soil protection and rehabilitation efforts in Kenya and Ethiopia (ProSoil) Concept Note available |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
|
18:00-19:30 |
Mandakh Nyamtseren, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, MAS Cesar Garcia, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Decision Support”, Apacheta (tbc) Amos Kabo-Bah, GEO-LDN Co-Chair, University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) . Sara Minelli, Programme Officer at the UNCCD secretariat t.b.c. Neil Sims, GEO-LDN Co-Chair, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSRIO) t.b.d. |
Big Data in Support of Land Degradation Neutrality |
BLUE Zone, China Pavilion |
| 18:00 - 19:30 |
Andreas Brink (JRC) and others |
Leveraging Space Information and Earth Intelligence - Innovative Solutions for Land Degradation Assessment and Enhanced Drought Resilience |
BLUE Zone, MET-07 |
|
18:00-19:30 |
Dr. Abdul-Wadood Moomen, GEO-LDN Coordinator |
Sustainable Land Management - the Role of Youth |
BLUE Zone, MET-03 |
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09:00-18:00 |
Country teams Georgia, Kenia, DRC Eunice Wangui Mwangi (RCMRD) |
The country teams Georgia, Kenia, DRC present their use cases. Helpdesk presented at one booth |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone
|
10th of December
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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09:00-10:00 |
Gabriel Dalgedan, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Data Analytics, Conservation International (C.I.) Translation by Nils Hempelmann, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) |
Ask me anything session with Gabriel Daldegan from CI on trends.earth for frensh speakers with translation support from Nils |
GEO& GEO-LDN Workshop room/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
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11:00-12:00 |
Amos Kabo-Bah, GEO-LDN Co-Chair, University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) |
Session about Postgraduate Programm at University of energy and natural resources Ghana with Amos |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
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13:00-14:00 |
Edith Karwitha, Trainer, Nyeri National Polytechnic Ebenezer Ntsiful, Head of Unit Geographic Information System (GIS), Land Use & Spatial Planning Authority, Ghana
|
Cross-Sectoral Collaboration in Ghana: Using Geodata for Coastal Protection and Integrated Land Degradation Monitoring (t.b.c) |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
| 14:30-16:00 | Members of intersectoral GEO-LDN country teams in Senegal, Benin and Mongolia | The GEO-LDN country teams Senegal & Benin & Mongolia present their use cases | GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
|
16:45-17:45 |
Tantenda Lemann, Senior Research Scientist / WOCAT Executive Team member at Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern) Claudio Zucca, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Italy |
ILUP4LDN: Land use planning for LDN. Presentation of further development |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
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17:45-18:45 |
Lisa Hartmann, (UNU-EHS) Yvonne Walz, (UNU-EHS) Tantenda Lemann, Senior Research Scientist / WOCAT Executive Team member at Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern (tbd) |
The contribution of land and water approaches to achieve LDN with input from United Nations University (UNU) |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
|
09:00-18:00 |
Country teams DRC, Senegal, Georgia Eunice Wangui Mwangi (RCMRD) |
The country teams DRC, Senegal, and Georgia present their use cases Helpdesk presented at one booth |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone
|
11th of December
|
Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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09:30-10:30 |
Nils Hempelmann, Project Manager, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) |
Climate Intelligence - Enhancing Climate Services with Artificial Intelligence |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
|
11:00-12:00 |
GEO-LDN was asked for one speaker t.b.d. |
Financing Land Restoration – Joint Action Across Conventions |
BLUE Zone |
|
13:00-14:00 |
Suneetha Subramanian, UNU-IAS |
Leveraging Landscape approaches towards Policy Coherence |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
| 14:00-15:00 |
Nathalie Khoury, Moderator, Circularity & Sustainability Advisor to Minister of Industry, Lebanon H.E. Michael Kindsgrab – Ambassador, German Embassy in Riyadh Mrs. Suzan Alsanea – Sustainability Manager, KAFD Sultan Alsaif – Executive Director of Technology & Innovation, SIRC-Saudi Investment Recycling Company Abdulaziz Alshammari – Leader, Sustainability & Energy, SABIC-Saudi Chemical Company Mr. Luca Marmo – G7/G20 Coordinator, Trade and Environment Focal Point, European Commission |
Towards enhanced circularity in the Golf Region – Challenges and opportunities in recycling plastics | GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
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09:00-18:00 |
Country teams Senegal, Benin, Mongolia, and Helpdesk |
The country teams Senegal, Benin and Mongolia present their use cases |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone
|
12th of December
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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10:00 – 11:00 |
Nils Hempelmann, Project Manager, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) |
FAIR Services - Interoperability for data pipelines from raw data to information and knowledge |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion, GREEN Zone |
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09:00-18:00 |
Country teams Senegal, Benin and Mongolia |
The country teams Senegal, Benin, Mongolia present their use cases |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone
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Use Case Presentations:
Ghana
Ghana CAP
Kenya
Nigeria
DRC
Benin
Senegal
Georgia
Mongolia
Peru
Colombia
