World: IOM Calls for Greater Investment in Land Restoration to Reduce Displacement

Country: World Source: International Organization for Migration Ulaanbaatar, 24 August 2026 – At the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling for significantly greater and earlier investment in land restoration, drought resilience and adaptation as a means of reducing displacement risks before they become humanitarian crises. The Organization emphasi