The Conference of the Parties,
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4. Further encourages Parties, as appropriate, to enhance the potential to achieve land degradation neutrality by systematically linking the flows of consumption to the land that produces what is being consumed, which would involve:
(a) Collecting, compiling and sharing information for awareness-raising on how the benefits of achieving land degradation neutrality can be enhanced through sustainable consumption and production flows, patterns, practices and technologies;
(b) Encouraging country Parties to identify strategies to minimize the economic, social and environmental externalities arising from land degradation;
(c) Empowering women to make choices based on informed decisions on sustainable land management and consumption patterns through adequate access to information;
(d) Raising awareness in urban and peri-urban settings on how consumption patterns impact land to facilitate informed choices on consumption; (e) Identifying strategies to reduce food waste and loss through the entire production and distribution chain;
(f) Recognizing the importance and diversity of indigenous and local knowledge and practices, also taking into account agro-ecological principles and practices; and
(g) Encouraging continued efforts to address unsustainable fuel wood extraction and usage which can lead to deforestation and human health impacts;
5. Requests the secretariat to update the list of direct and indirect drivers of land degradation listed in United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification reporting templates to reflect those listed in the annex to this decision in order to reflect the influence of consumption and production patterns and flows, accounting for different levels of confidence associated with each driver;
6. Invites relevant technical partners and the International Resources Panel of the United Nations Environment Programme and requests the secretariat and the Global Mechanism to contribute to exploring options for better collaboration among relevant major restoration and rehabilitation initiatives, facilitate comprehensive communication on the impact of these measures to reverse land degradation, taking into consideration socioecological systems, and identify needs and required capacities for targeted actions;
7. Requests the secretariat to explore (a) enhancing United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification reporting through the compilation of the spatial extent and status of relevant restoration and rehabilitation activities at national and subnational levels; and (b) sharing lessons learned and success stories emerging from interventions that consider land as integrated socioecological systems;
8. Also requests the Science-Policy Interface, in close collaboration with the secretariat, to continue to contribute to and cooperate with other scientific panels and bodies dealing with desertification/land degradation and drought issues, and further requests the secretariat to continue its efforts to clarify the potential benefits, costs, conditions and procedures for establishing more formal relationships with these panels and bodies.
