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Media Advisory: Guyana hosting meeting on land
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Media
Advisory: Guyana to host meeting on land
degradation
Governments
will report the status of land degradation using
data gathered from the ground for the first time
when they meet in Georgetown, Guyana, end of
January 2019. Media organizations wishing to
cover the meeting can register online between 22
November 2018 and 10 January 2019 to get
accreditation.
Bonn,
Germany. For the first time since the
adoption of the UN Convention to Combat
Desertification in 1994, world governments are
meeting to consider the impact of land
degradation on people and ecosystems, drawing on
data gathered on the ground. The meeting will
take place on 28-30 January 2019 in Georgetown,
Guyana, during the Seventeenth Session of the
Committee for the Review of Implementation of
the Convention (CRIC 17).
In 2009,
scientists recommended, and governments agreed
on the 11 indicators to use to measure land
degradation. The proportion of the population
living above the poverty line, which measures
the impact on people, and the change in land
cover, which measures the impact on the land,
are mandatory.
The indicator
on land cover was refined further in 2014 and
now measures land cover, soil organic content
and net primary productivity. It was made one of
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
indicators of Life on Land in 2015 because
achieving it – known as achieving land
degradation neutrality – will ensure there is
stability in the amount and quality of land
resources necessary to support life on Earth by
2030, and onwards.
Further, CRIC 17
will consider, in depth, this and other emerging
issues such as drought management, halting
forced migration in degraded areas negatively
impacted by climate change and progress in
promoting gender equality, which are on the
agenda of Conference of the Parties - the
governing body of the Convention – that will
meet in Fall 2019. CRIC 17 will be preceded by a
two-day training some of these
issues.
Journalists and media
organizations are welcome to attend and cover
CRIC 17 and the press conferences planned during
the meeting. Foreign and local journalists and
media organizations require clearance from the
UNCCD secretariat to cover the meeting, and are
encouraged to review and apply for registration
and accreditation as early as possible. The
online registration process opens on 22 November
2019.
Details about the
requirements for participation are provided in
the Press Invitation posted online
on the CRIC 17 website. Regular updates and
resources for participating journalists will be
uploaded forthwith.
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For more
information about the Conference
contact:
Ms Wagaki Wischnewski
UN
Convention to Combat
Desertification
wwisch...@unccd.int
Mr
Royden James
Guyana Lands and Surveys
Commission
rja...@glsc.gov.gy | |
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The United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
(UNCCD) is an international agreement on good
land stewardship. It helps people, communities
and countries create wealth, grow economies and
secure enough food, clean water and energy by
ensuring land users an enabling environment for
sustainable land management. Through
partnerships, the Convention’s 197 parties set
up robust systems to manage drought promptly and
effectively. Good land stewardship based on
sound policy and science helps integrate and
accelerate achievement of the Sustainable
Development Goals, builds resilience to climate
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