ELD – THE ECONOMICS OF LAND DEGRADATION INITIATIVE

ELD is a global initiative that makes the values of land and its ecosystem services count in decisions: We provide robust economic evidence and support its use in land decisions with the aim to inform, promote, and scale land solutions for transformative change. These solutions include sustainable land management and restoration practices, policy instruments and institutional design, and financing for land. In working at the science-policy-practice interface, ELD brings scientific knowledge and evidence into political and business discourses and decision making.

Established in 2011 between the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and the European Commission and hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the ELD Initiative recently entered its second decade of activities. More than ever, this needs to bring "Transformative action for land".

News

Economics of Drought report: Invest in healthy lands to cut billion-dollar costs of human-made droughts

Launched at UNCCD COP16, the Economics of Drought report makes the economic and business case for nature-based solutions to drought drawing on a wealth of evidence and case studies from various countries around the world.

ELD Newsletter - June 2024

Latest updates from the ELD Initiative, covering events and workshops, case study updates, publications as well as community news.

Enhancing drought resilience through Nature based Solutions: Update from WOTR-ELD India case study

This blog introduces first insights from the ongoing WORT, ELD and UNU-INWEH case study assessing the impacts of Sustainable Land and Ecosystem Management activities in enhancing the drought resilience in six Indian villages.

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