Secretariat of the United Nations Convection to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Name: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Abbreviation: UNCCD
URL to homepage: http://www.unccd.int/
Country: Germany
 

Mandate

  • assist the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INCD) in the negotiation of the Convention
  • preparing for the sessions of the Conference of the Parties (COP)

    Relevance to forests by key words

    Desertification, land degradation, arid and semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, drought, soil erosion