India will be hosting the14th session of the Conference of
Parties (COP-14) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
(UNCCD) for the first time. COP-14 will be held between
September 2 and 14 in Delhi.
Participants: It is expected that atleast 5,000 delegates from
nearly 197 countries will be participating.
The Centre launched a flagship project, part of
a larger international initiative called the Bonn Challengeahead of the COP-14.
The flagship project aims to enhance India’s capacity for forest landscape restoration (FLR).
The Bonn Challenge is a global effort to bring
150 million hectares of the world’s deforested and degraded land under
restoration by 2020, and 350 million hectares by 2030.
COP-13
of UNCCD:
The 13th session of the Conference of Parties
(COP-13) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was
held in Ordos, China. Around 113 countries had agreed to specify concrete
targets with clear indicators, to rehabilitate more land and reverse
degradation, which currently affects over a third of the world’s land
resources.
United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD):
Drafted: 17 June 1994
Signed: 14 October 1994
Location: Bonn, Germany
Parties: 197 (196 states + the European Union)
UNCCD aims to combat desertification and
mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that
incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and
partnership arrangements.
