Land has a true value – invest in it! WOCAT wishes you a happy World Day to Combat Desertification 2018! Let us spread the word about SLM and support land users in the wide adoption of good practices worldwide! #2018WDCD

Soils are still poorly recognized by a large part of society. To raise the awareness for soils, the Innsbruck Nature Film Festival (Austria, Europe) will award a special prize for the best film on the topic of soil.

We congratulate the WOCATpedia contest winner Zebo  Khudonazarova for her great article on "Best traditional Practices on Climate Changes in the Villages of Central Asia". We are happy to share this article with the WOCAT community.

Which SLM Technology to choose? Impressions from the decision support workshop at Makerere University, Kampala with Uganda Landcare Network and CDE researcher Stephanie Jaquet within the framework of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) grant to WOCAT 'Scaling up SLM with smallholder farmers'. CDE - Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern

The World Water Forum contributes to the dialogue of the decision-making process on water at the global level, seeking to achieve the rational and sustainable use of this resource. Given its political, technical and institutional scope, one of the Forum’s main features is the open, democratic participation of actors drawn from different sectors.

WOCAT presented at the Central Asia Climate Change Conference in Almaty, 24-25 January 2018 organized by The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) in Session 3. BEST PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGIES: Global challenges – local actions.