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UN-REDD - United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries was launched in 2008 and builds on the convening role and technical expertise of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), [...]

UNCCD - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management. The Convention addresses specifically the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, known as the drylands, where some of [...]

UNFCCC - UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNFCCC raises awareness on agriculture and food security concerns for the next global climate change agreements, which would result in integration of climate change challenges into food security as well as food security principles into national sectoral policies and programmes [...]

UNFF - United Nations Forum on Forests

In October 2000, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) established the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), a subsidiary body with the main objective to promote the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests [...]

UNISDR - United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

UNISDR’s mandate is to serve as the focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of disaster reduction and to ensure synergies among the disaster reduction activities of the United Nations system and regional organizations and activities in [...]

UNSCN - United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition

UNSCN is the food and nutrition policy harmonization forum of the United Nations. The mandate of the UNSCN is to promote cooperation among UN agencies and partner organizations in support of community, national, regional, and international efforts to end malnutrition in [...]