Dry and Sub-humid Lands Biodiversity Dry and Sub-humid Lands Biodiversity About Dry and Sub-humid Lands What is Dry and Sub-humid Lands Biodiversity? Why is it Important?What's the Problem?What Needs to be Done? Programme Background COP DecisionsProgramme of Work Implementation Current Activities National ReportsResourcesCase StudiesPartners Related Information Meetings DocumentsDefinitionsRelated Web SitesNotifications Dry and Sub-humid Lands Biodiversity Monday // 6.17.2024 Dry and Sub-humid Lands Biodiversity For Life and Livelihoods Introduction The biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands provides critical ecosystem services to support two billion people, 90% of whom live in developing countries. The conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity of dry and sub-humid lands is, therefore, central to livelihood development and poverty alleviation. More » What's new17 June 2024Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2024Upcoming Meetings19–27 May 2025, Geneva, Switzerland Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly17 June 2025, Online Unveiling the World Drought Atlas: Risks, pathways and regional perspectives (part 2)17 June 2025, Bonn, Germany World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Dry and Sub-humid Lands Biodiversity Monday // 6.17.2024 Dry and Sub-humid Lands Biodiversity For Life and Livelihoods Introduction The biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands provides critical ecosystem services to support two billion people, 90% of whom live in developing countries. The conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity of dry and sub-humid lands is, therefore, central to livelihood development and poverty alleviation. More » What's new17 June 2024Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2024Upcoming Meetings19–27 May 2025, Geneva, Switzerland Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly17 June 2025, Online Unveiling the World Drought Atlas: Risks, pathways and regional perspectives (part 2)17 June 2025, Bonn, Germany World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
