UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - 13th Conference of Parties

The 19^th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 13) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) takes places in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. Juha I. Uitto, Director of the Independent Evaluation Office of the GEF, presented findings of the recently completed GEF Land Degradation Focal Area Study and shared innovative approaches to assessing impacts in GEF land degradation projects.