Rio+20 Outcome on Land-Degradation Neutrality (UNCCD)

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http://www.unccd.int/en/programmes/RioConventions/RioPlus20/Pages/Land-Degradation-Neutrality.aspx

UNCCD Stakeholders Share Their Opinions About Rio+20 Outcome on Land-Degradation Neutrality

At Rio+20, the world leaders recognized the economic and social significance of sustainable land and soil management. They reaffirmed their resolve to take coordinated action nationally, regionally and internationally, to monitor, globally, land degradation and restore degraded lands in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas. Most importantly, the world leaders agreed “to strive to achieve a land-degradation neutral world in the context of sustainable development”.*

We want to find out from our stakeholders, what this Rio+20 outcome means to you and what next steps should be undertaken to achieve a land-degradation neutral world. Here are the first impressions:

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About Willem Van Cotthem

Honorary Professor of Botany, University of Ghent (Belgium). Scientific Consultant for Desertification and Sustainable Development.
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