๐จ๐ก ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐จ๐ก๐๐๐) - ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต: The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the UNCCD opened in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. - ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ: Sole ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด agreement linking environment to land management | One of three ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ - ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐: Recommended by ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ญ (1992) | Adopted in Paris (1994) + Entered into force in ๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ฒ - ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ: Near-universal with ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ comprising 196 countries and the European Union - ๐๐ถ๐บ: Achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) by ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฌ in drylands (arid, semi-arid, dry sub-humid) - ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ: June 17 adoption date observed as ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป and Drought - ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ: Operates the ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐บ to mobilize domestic, private, and multilateral land funding - ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐: Spearheads the ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ for transboundary ecological restoration across conflict borders - ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ: Mandates decentralized bottom-up approach via ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ involving local communities - ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ: UPSC Prelims 2016 (UNCCD purpose and Land Degradation Neutrality) #PRELIMS2027
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