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Combating Land Degradation (GEF)
UNEP is supporting practical action to combat land degradation through the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Land degradation leads to a significant reduction of the productive capacity of land. UNEP's portfolio of land degradation projects revolves around the following themes: Capacity building; Environmental assessment and generation and dissemination of knowledge; Development, replication and upscaling of tools, methodologies and good practices; and Integrated natural resources management in transboundary ecosystems.
UNEP Programme on Success Stories in Land Degradation and Desertification
This programme publicizes projects and community-based initiatives which have successfully addressed the problem of dryland degradation.
Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land Based Activities (GPA)
The GPA aims at preventing the degradation of
the marine environment from land-based activities by facilitating the duty of States to preserve and protect the marine environment.
Global Environment Outlook (GEO)
The GEO project is the implementation of UNEP's mandate to keep the global enviroment under review. GEO-4 aims to provide a comprehensive, reliable and scientifically credible, policy-relevant, up-to-date assessment of, and outlook for, the state of the global environment
Sustainable Agri-food Production and Consumption Forum
This system provides a network of key information sources on agri-food production and consumption, related environmental impacts and practices to prevent or respond to these impacts.
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