Land for Life Award 2019
The Land for Life Award recognizes excellence in efforts towards achieving land degradation neutrality. Individuals, institutions and businesses, non-governmental organizations, policy makers and civil society as well as academic and research organizations are eligible for the award.
The international community adopted the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in 1994 out of concern that “desertification and drought are problems of global dimension in that they affect all regions of the world”. Today, 25 years into the Convention, we find clear evidence of recovery and restoration of degraded landscapes all over the world.
As the UN Convention to Combat Desertification celebrates its 25th year, the 2019 Land for Life Award will be dedicated to “Decades of Impact”. We will recognize efforts that are contributing to land degradation neutrality on a large-scale, with long-term changes and dedicated actions for 25 years or longer and remarkable positive impacts on land, people, communities, and society as a whole.