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  1. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2015
    Global

    As the world’s population continues to rise, there is
    an ever increasing demand for our land to produce
    a diverse range of products such as food, timber,
    and fuel. Our growing need for these goods is
    leading to higher levels of competition between
    different land uses and, as a result, land users. Not
    only is the quantity of land available for production
    under current technical and economic conditions
    limited, but there is also growing evidence that the
    quality of our land is degrading (Safriel, U. N. 2007;

  2. Library Resource
    Expert Group Meeting: Securing Women's Land Rights In The SDGs Monitoring Framework cover image

    Towards a More Harmonised and Coordinated Global Approach

    Conference Papers & Reports
    July, 2017
    Global

    This Expert Group Meeting (EGM1 ) was convened with the purpose of examining land indicators in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and promoting meaningful and harmonised approaches to monitoring women’s land rights (WLR)2 . It was convened by the Global Land Indicators Initiative (GLII) of the GLTN, UN Habitat, and Oxfam with inputs and assistance from Landesa, UN Women and Huairou Commission as part of a process of work on the development of methodologies for the land related SDG indicator monitoring.

  3. Library Resource
    Biodiversity Indicators: UNECE & SDGs cover image
    Conference Papers & Reports
    November, 2016
    Global

    Dr Tom Brooks, Head, Science and Knowledge International Union for Conservation of Nature UNECE, Committee on Environmental Policy, presentation on Biodiversity Indicators: UNECE and the SDGS at the 12th Session of the Joint Task Force on Environmental Statistics and Indicators, 17 November 2016.

  4. Library Resource
    SDG Indicator 2.4.1: Percentage of Agricultural Area under Productive and Sustainable Agriculture cover image

    Expert Meeting - Rome, Italy, 3-5 April 2017

    Conference Papers & Reports
    April, 2017
    Global

    There has been considerable discussion over the past thirty years on how to define “sustainable agriculture.” During most of this period, sustainability was exclusively considered an environmental issue and was therefore measured as such. The 2030 Agenda requires that all sectors, including agriculture, be considered from the point of view of the three dimensions of sustainability: economic, social and environmental.

  5. Library Resource
    SDG Indicator 1.4.2: Approach and data availability cover image
    Conference Papers & Reports
    June, 2017
    Global

    Presentation at the LandAc conference in June 2017, by Thea Hilhorst, representative of the World Bank, custodian agency of the development of SDG indicator 1.4.2. 

    Thea Hilhorst presents the approach to measuring this indicator and the available data that can be used.

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