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Policy frameworks

Guidelines, strategies, regulations, resolutions and agreements, at the international, regional, national and subnational levels that configure the actions of the State.

DID YOU KNOW?

Global biodiversity hotspots
33% of global biodiversity hotspots are located in grassland regions threatened by agricultural expansion (Kan et al., 2026).
Global terrestrial carbon
Between 20% and 35% of the world's terrestrial carbon is stored in grasslands, ecosystems currently under increasing agricultural pressure (Kan et al., 2026).
Change of land use
6% of global land use change is attributed individually to countries such as Russia, India, China, and the United States (Kan et al., 2026).
Ecosystem conversion
13% of the global conversion of natural ecosystems is concentrated in Brazil, the country with the highest recorded proportion (Kan et al., 2026).
Conversion of grasslands and wetlands
The conversion of grasslands and wetlands to agriculture is progressing almost 4 times faster than deforestation worldwide (Kan et al., 2026).

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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertificati...

The Convention's fundamental objective is to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through effective measures at the national and international level, recognizing desertification ...

Convention on Biological Diversity

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international treaty whose main objective is the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity worldwide. It was adopted at the Earth Summ...

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty signed in 1992, which entered into force in 1994. Its primary purpose is to address the global challenges ...

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

The Vienna Conventionfor the Protection of the Ozone Layer is a multilateral environmental agreement. It was signed at the Vienna Conference in 1985 and entered into force in 1988. In terms of univers...

Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The Paris Agreement is a binding international treaty adopted at COP 21 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2015. Its primary goal is to keep the global temperatur...

Climate Resilient Food Systems (CRFS) Alliance

The Climate Resilient Food Systems (CRFS) Alliance provides a platform for achieving climate resilient food systems by synergizing efforts across the different actors who are part of the alliance. The...

Geneva Agreements Package - MC12 WTO

The package of agreements reached at the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) held in Geneva from 12 to 17 June 2022 was the culmination of WTO members efforts to provide concrete trade-related response...

Ministerial decision on world food programme food purchases exemption from export prohibitions or restrictions

It establishes that Members shall not impose export prohibitions or restrictions on foodstuffs purchased for noncommercial humanitarian purposes by the World Food Programme. Also, this Decision shall ...

Nagoya Protocol

Adopted in Nagoya (Japan) at the tenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, it is an international agreement on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable s...

IFADs Strategic Framework

This framework places IFAD in a changing global context and clearly sets out how IFAD will contribute to achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda). IFAD has hist...

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertificati...

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification entered into force in 1996 and has been ratified by the 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It is the only binding international ag...

REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation)

REDD+ is an instrument developed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to financially reward developing countries for their performance in restoring and conserving their fore...