The UNCCD is one of the three Rio Conventions that emerged from the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, along with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
It was established in 1994 as a legally binding international agreement
Its primary goal is to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought in affected countries, particularly in Africa
It works to restore degraded land and soil, and to create a sustainable land management framework
The convention addresses the physical, biological, and socio-economic aspects of desertification
It promotes cooperation between developed and developing nations to implement sustainable land use practices
UNCCD is the only internationally legally binding framework set up to address desertification issues
