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Ana di Pangracio on Women and Land Rights

In celebration of WDCD 2023, here is a brilliant summation of the issues that we must address formulated by Drynet Board member Ana di Pangracio…

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Reflecting on Drynet members’ contributions to sustaining the global drylands and their people

World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) is celebrated every year on 17 June. It aims to raise public awareness that land degradation neutrality (LDN) is…

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2022 Drynet Strategic Retreat

In October 2022 network members met for 2 days at Hameau de l’Étoile, St Martin de Londres in France to reflect and achieve the following…

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Drynet welcomes Indigo as the incoming host organisation for the Network Coordinator

After serving as the host organisation for the Drynet Coordinator for the past 7 years, in December 2022 EMG handed over this responsibility to Indigo…

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CBD Geneva Negotiations

By Ana Di Pangracio, environmental lawyer. She works at FARN, a Drynet member. From March 14 to 29 in Geneva, Switzerland, the Convention on Biological…

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Iran’s Nature Lost a Loving and Kind Mother!

Dr. Khadija Catherine Razavi passed away on April 15 2022. Defenders of the environment, nature conservation and indigenous and local communities of Iran, have lost…

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Organic wild rooibos in South Africa’s dryland “South Africa is the home of rooibos, an ancient, health giving herbal infusion, discovered thousands of years ago…

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Launch of the AVACLIM project

The AVACLIM project was developed by Drynet member CARI in collaboration with Both ENDS, EMG and other members. Its full title is “Agroecology, ensuring food…

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The Drynet Podcast Series: “Good Food for a Better Normal”

The Drynet podcast series “Good Food for a Better Normal” is a series of conversations with visionary experts from around the world, exploring some of…

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UNCCD Science-Policy Interface launches a competition to design land-use planning software for Land Degradation Neutrality

This article is reproduced with thanks to the UNCCD, originally published here. Bonn, 20 July 2020 – An international technology competition to design software that…

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