MSU research leader brings expertise to global forum on land health, resilience
唬棗紳喧硃釵喧:泭Kathryn Rodenmeyer
STARKVILLE, Miss.Farmers in 51勛圖厙 and across the globe face critical challenges in land degradation and drought resilience, and 51勛圖厙s Narcissa Pricope will join other experts in land systems science in Saudi Arabia next week for discussions on solutions to these issues.
On Dec. 2-13, the MSU associate vice president for research and economic development will participate in the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification Conference of the Parties, or COP16. The COP is the main decision-making body of UNCCDs 197 Parties196 countries and the European Union.
Pricope serves on the UNCCD Science-Policy Interface Committee as a regional representative and is a coordinating lead author on the upcoming report on adaptation to global aridification. During the UNCCD COP Our Land, Our Future event, she will participate in high-level science policy leadership talks with heads of state and environmental resilience decision makers, while also coordinating a series of events during the inaugural global Science, Technology and Innovation Day. These discussions will focus on bridging science and policy to promote sustainable land management and resilience strategies.
Pricopes involvement amplifies the universitys role in promoting science at the policy interface to foster research-driven solutions that enhance environmental resilience, agricultural productivity and land sustainability, benefiting both local and global communities and stakeholders.
Coinciding with the, COP16 will be the largest U.N. land conference to date, and the first UNCCD COP held in the Middle East and North Africa region, which knows first-hand the impacts of desertification, land degradation and drought.
According to the UNCCD website, COP16 is poised to be a game-changer, marking a renewed global commitment to accelerate investment and action toand boostfor the benefit of people and the planet. .
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