Additional Resources
UN System
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- ReliefWeb
- UN Division for Sustainable Development
- UN Work on Climate Change
Observances
- World Day to Combat Desertification (17 June)
- World Environment Day (5 June)
- International Day for Biological Diversity (22 May)
- International Mother Earth Day (22 April)
- International Year of Biodiversity (2010)
- International Year of Planet Earth (2008)
- International Year of Deserts and Desertification (2006)