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From Degradation to Opportunity – 15 Years of ELD

The ELD Initiative celebrates 15 years of advancing evidence-based solutions to address land degradation worldwide. Marking this milestone, ELD reflects on its impact to date while looking ahead to the next chapter of turning economic knowledge into…

State of Finance for Nature 2026: Nature in Red

For every dollar invested in protecting nature, thirty are spent destroying it – the new SFN report report, co-authored by UNEP, ELD and Global Canopy reveals why redirecting finance is key to a nature-positive economy.

ELD-UFZ Writeshop 2025

From 29th of September to 1st of October, leading experts from the ELD Working Group came together in Potsdam, Germany for a joint Writeshop with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) addressing financing opportunities for…

Case Study Competition - Investing in Drought Resilience

Join us in showcasing innovative solutions and building a drought-resilient future: This competition calls for practical case studies addressing either economic and business cases or innovative finance mechanisms to support SLM and drought…

ELD Newsletter - MAY 2025

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

ELD Teaching in Iceland for the 4th consecutive year

On April 28-29, ELD was leading a two-day training on the economics of land degradation and restoration in Iceland as part of the 6-month Land Restoration Training program (GRÓ-LRT) that is under the auspices of UNESCO.

 

STATE OF FINANCE FOR NATURE RESTORATION FINANCE REPORT: Investments in restoration need to quadruple by 2030

ELD - in collaboration with UNEP and the Global Canopy - has released the fourth joint report „State of Finance for Nature“ focusing on ecosystem restoration

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.