FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

FAO Session on ‘Sustainable Soil and Land Management’ for the 25th Anniversary of the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Hybrid Event, 18/06/2019

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD), FAO is organizing a half-day session themed as “Sustainable Soil and Land Management’ in Ankara.

The half-day session will host FAO experts as well as representatives from the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to discuss their joint efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 15.3.1 (“Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area”)

Organized in collaboration with Turkey Soil Science Society and Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the session aims to set a list of recommendations for the successful transformation of Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN)