World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
17 June
Next time17 June 2024 (2024-06-17)
Frequencyannual

The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is a

raise awareness of the presence of desertification and drought, highlighting methods of preventing desertification and recovering from drought
. Each year's global celebration has a unique, novel emphasis that had not been developed previously.

This day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/49/115 on January 30, 1995, after the day when United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification is drafted.[2]

Desertification and the Sustainable Development Goals

The

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development declares that "we are determined to protect the planet from degradation, including through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the needs of the present and future generations". Specifically, SDG Goal 15: Life on Land states the resolve of the United Nations and the SDG signatory nations to halt and reverse land degradation.[3][circular reference][4]

Annual themes

References

  1. ^ "UN Convention to Combat Desertification: World Day to Combat Desertification". Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  2. ^ "PDF of General Assembly Resolution A/RES/49/115" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
  3. ^ SDG Goal 15: Life on Land
  4. ^ Martin. "Forests, desertification and biodiversity". United Nations Sustainable Development. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  5. ^ World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June
  6. ^ "Celebrate #2019WDCD | UNCCD". www.unccd.int. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  7. ^ "World Day to Combat Desertification - 17 June 2018". IUCN. 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  8. ^ UNCCD's page for 2017 World Day to Combat Desertification - #2017WDCD
  9. ^ UNCCD's page for 2016 World Day to Combat Desertification - #2016WDCD
  10. ^ UN CCD Home /Theme Archived 2015-05-31 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22/05/2015.
  11. ^ UNESCO's page for 2017 World Day to Combat Desertification - #2017WDCD

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