Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP11)
“A stronger UNCCD for a Land Degradation-Neutral World”

Contact group discussions continued throughout the day to finalize decisions on CRIC, budget and non-budget matters. In the afternoon, an informal open-ended drafting group met to consider text relating to Rio+20 outcomes.

In the evening, delegates convened for plenaries of the CRIC and COW, following which the COP reconvened to consider draft recommendations from the two committees.

Side events convened on the following topics: sustainable management of land and water – bridging practice and theory; building resilience and enhancing livelihood opportunities drylands; people, institutions, policy and local management in DLDD; combating desertification and the green economy – China’s innovation and progress in building public-private partnerships; community mobilization for sustainable land management - lessons from the winners of the Land for Life Award from India, Mexico and Niger; and forest conservation and restoration in Africa - integrated approaches to sustainable dryland management.

On its final day, the Rio Conventions Pavilion convened Sustainable Land Management Day.