WEBINAR 2: Using the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) and the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) for scaling up good land management practices in Asia

17-18 October | 1:30 to 3:30 PM GMT+7

This online event aimed to create awareness for the use of the WOCAT Global Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Database for the reporting of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) good practices as well as other related WOCAT-FAO tools for mapping land degradation and SLM. It also contributed to increasing countries' and projects' contributions to the WOCAT Database for knowledge sharing.
Watch here DAY 1: https://fao.zoom.us/rec/share/GTEaXwzJfPNpQh3K2hWVeYvXx-whbmL-bwTQsKN9ccoVAC28MJHHAKTZ1a5iSta1.ppaQR9glIVDQQfC4
Watch here DAY 2: https://fao.zoom.us/rec/share/1Dz0dvYHAW4LevVjL0V-cBrgGSqvl1QYA95dDp5DCJVfk2OPf2ibLvew8Tw2ZnvZ._Zk13EZoqEioaZ18

Introduction

    In 2023, the FAO’s regional office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) developed a knowledge hub to facilitate the exchangeof knowledge and experiences on sustainable soil and land management in the Asian region. Thus, (i) to enhance the capacity  of  individuals  and  organizations  in  implementing  sustainable  soil  and  land  management  practices,  (ii)  to facilitate the identification of knowledge and technology gaps that can boost research and development activities, (iii) to encourage the adoption of proven methods while inspiring innovation in sustainable soil and land management, and  (iv)  to  support  projects’  formulation  and  implementation  activities.  In  this  regard, the  hub  is  an  integral component of the FAO's strategy to advance sustainable soil and land management in Asia. The hub reports and describes countries’ original engagements to assess, monitor, preserve, restore or enhance soil health over  time  as well  as United Nations  contributions  to the topic in terms  of equipment,  online  applications, certification  systems,  training  systems,  awareness raising  systems  and  others.  Please  note  that  the  hub  does  not report about projects and research studies. By aligning with the principles of collaboration and shared learning, the hub has the potential to drive positive change in agricultural and environmental practices.The information in the hub were collected using a participatory approach involving the public sector, non-profit sector, academic and research institutions and intergovernmental organizations, and they are meant to support the work of a  large  range  of  stakeholders  including farmers,  local  communities,  extension  agents,  policy  makers,  project managers, researchers and academia, and even the private sector. Being an open-access, live tool, stakeholders have the ongoing chance to submit contributions to FAORAP for review and potential incorporation into the hub.

Webinar’s objectives
    1.To create awareness for the use of the WOCAT Global Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Database for the reporting of SLM good practices as well as other related WOCAT-FAO tools for mapping land  degradation
and SLM; and
    2.To increase countries’ and projects’ contributions to the WOCAT Database to increase knowledge sharing;