September 12, 2023 : a date for your diary
Members of the international panel of experts of the Political Science Interface (SPI) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) will meet in Montpellier in September. On this occasion, the French Scientific Committee on Desertification (CSFD) invites you to a multi-stakeholder debate on the role of land in the sustainable development agenda. This […]
Official launch of the International Research Network RESET_GMV : Djibouti, 25-26th of April 2023 (Hybrid)
Official launch of the International Research Network RESET_GMV : Science for the new vision of the Great Green Wall
Publication of a CIRAD policy brief on assessing the contribution of livestock to development in drylands
The 60th issue of the Perspective series is devoted to the issues of measuring and assessing the contribution of pastoral and agropastoral livestock to poverty reduction and development in drylands. Perspective, CIRAD’s policy brief, is a 4-page document designed to stimulate debate, promote the development of ideas and help decision-making. You can find this issue […]
COP27, a personal testimony – Jean-Luc Chotte, IRD – President of the CSFD
COP27 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in November in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, brought its share of disappointments – no commitments were made by countries. There were some notable advances, however, with the creation of a climate loss and damage fund for vulnerable countries and the continuation, in a new […]
COP27: side event on November 17th – Great Green Wall: youth initiatives in the spotlight
How to make the Great Green Wall a success by 2030? Can youth-led projects be a lever for this success? In order to debate and answer these questions, a side event of the COP27 is organised by the IRD, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the United Nations Office for West Africa and the […]
Scientific expertise to be mobilised for GGW
Researchers co-authored this paper entitled “Accelerate the Mobilization of African and International Scientific Expertise to Boost Interdisciplinary Research for the Success of the Sahelian Great Green Wall by 2030” Abstract : The Sahelian Great Green Wall (SGGW) is an influential project to combat desertification and promote sustainable land management on a large scale, involving 11 […]
2030 – Making the Great Green Wall in the Sahel a success; scientific research in action
The first progress report on the impact of the Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative in the Sahel
(September 2021) highlighted the urgency of coordinated actions involving all stakeholders
if the ambitions announced in 2007 were to be achieved. Today, these actions have fallen
short. To support the Pan Africa Agency of the Great Green Wall, the GGW Accelerator was
created in 2021 to ensure more coordinated support to the member states, organisations and
institutions of the GGW through a multi-player, structured, five-pillar approach.
This article highlights the importance of co-constructing more accurate knowledge and
developing processes to further GGW projects, in the light of these aims. It provides various
examples of projects demonstrating the role of scientific research in implementing and
achieving the goals of the GGW.
The CSFD is at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille
The CSFD is at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille The IUCN World Conservation Congress takes place from September 3 to 11, 2021 in Marseille, France.The CSFD, with CARI (Centre d’Actions et de Réalisations Internationales, France), will participate in several highlights of the Congress: Jean-Luc Chotte, CSFD President, will participate at the event organized […]
Jean-Luc Chotte, new CSFD Chair
Jean-Luc Chotte, Senior Scientist at IRD, has been appointed Chairman of the French Scientific Committee on Desertification by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation for a three-year term.jean-luc-chotte This new mandate will give him the opportunity to strengthen the land issue on the international agenda and to promote CSFD as a Science-Policy-Society […]
English version of the last CSFD dossier on gender issues in drylands areas
Women’s resource access rights more precarious, under-rated and -valued work, under-representation in decision-making and leadership structures… Yet women are active in defending their rights and combating desertification, i.e. many are involved in counteracting land degradation or even in its restoration via associations, farmers’ organizations and individual initiatives. Operators and policymakers must now take these women […]
