Founding partners

German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

The BMZ is a founding member of the ELD Initiative. Freedom and security for all; a life without poverty, fear and environmental destruction – these are the aims of Germany's development policy. Guiding principles will be protecting human rights and fostering the developing countries' sense of ownership and ability to help themselves.
www.bmz.de/en/ministry/index.html

European Commission

The European Commission (EC) is a founding member of the ELD Initiative promoting the European Union's general interest. The EC delivers humanitarian assistance and international aid worldwide with the goal to protect the environment and to minimise risks to climate, human health and biodiversity. 

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/index_en

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is a founding member of the ELD Initiative and the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management in order to restore the productivity of degraded land, improve livelihoods, and reduce the impacts on vulnerable populations.
www.unccd.int/

Host organization

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

https://www.giz.de/

 

ELD Partners

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)


www.undp.org

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)


www.sei.org

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)


www.unenvironment.org

Australian National University (ANU)


www.anu.edu.au

World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) 

https://www.wocat.net/ 

 

Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)

https://wotr.org/

World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)


www.worldagroforestry.org

  United Nations University (UNU)


 unu.edu/

 

University of Leeds


www.leeds.ac.uk

Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP)

https://www.greengrowthknowledge.org/

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

https://www.iucn.org/

World Economic Forum (WEF)

https://www.weforum.org/

BC3 Basque Centre For Climate Change-Klima Aldaketa Ikergai

https://www.bc3research.org/

Group on Earth Observations Land Degradation Neutrality (GEO LDN) Initiative

https://earthobservations.org/

GRÓ Land Restoration Training Programme (GRÓ LRT)

https://www.grocentre.is/lrt

The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn

https://www.uni-bonn.de/en

The University of Rwanda (UR)

https://ur.ac.rw/

Partenariat pour le Developpement Locale (PDL)

Groundswell International

https://www.groundswellinternational.org/

Arba Minch University (AMU)

https://www.amu.edu.et/

Sara Hernandez Consulting

NACCON GmbH

 

Sanjeevani Institute for Empowerment & Development (SIED)

http://www.sied.org.in/