Event

Participatory Landscape Restoration and Social-Ecological Safeguards

ULAANBAATAR: This panel session at the UNCCD COP17 will discuss participatory landscape restoration strategies to benefit local and Indigenous communities.

Time
- Asia/Ulaanbaatar
Address
Ögedei Hall, National Garden Park, Khoroo 26, Bayanzurkh District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

This panel discussion of the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) will bring together leading experts and practitioners to discuss participatory approaches to landscape restoration and the social-ecological safeguards needed to ensure these efforts are equitable and durable. The session is part of the official COP17 Green Zone Programme and will be held on Resilience Day.

Participation

This session will be held in the Ögedei Hall in the Green Zone of the UNCCD COP17. It is open to the public and admission is free. All visitors must register and obtain an official badge before entering the venue. For information, visit the official Green Zone website.  

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Programme

The official programme will be available in the agenda section of the COP17 Green Zone website.

Organizers

This session is jointly organized by UNU-IAS, in cooperation with the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI), Yolda Initiative, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and UNDP; IUCN; McGill University; Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR); Nairamdal Shinjleh Ukhaanii Tuv; The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI); the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE); GIZ and ATREE.