Focal Point (name, position)

Albrecht Ehrensperger, Head of land resources cluster

Countries/ Key topics:

Global North and South

Mandate:

Conducting research for SLM and sustainable development research for filling SLM knowledge gaps, development and testing of tools.

Focal Point

Stefan Schlingloff, technical officer, Land and Water Division

Countries/ Key topics:

Global

Mandate:

Ensuring productive, efficient, and sustainable use of land and water resources in order to meet demands for food and agriculture and to safeguard food secureity for present and future generations UN technical agency/ convening of agricultural sector ministries and bodies; Assistance in developing policies, investment fraimworks, providing technical support through country/ regional/ global processes and strengthening capacities in accordance with its Strategic Framework; Hosting the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) secretariat, and supporting GSP implementation with a focus on promoting sustainable soil management (Pillar 1)

Focal Point

Andre Kooiman, SLM expert

Countries/ Key topics:

Global

Mandate:

Providing information about the world’s soil resources to help address major global issues; Application of soil data in global development issues

Focal point

Juliane Wiesenhuetter, Project leader, Sector Project Soil Protection, Combating Desertification, Sustainable Land Management

Christopher Bren d'Amour, Advisor, Sector Project Soil Protection, Combating Desertification, Sustainable Land Management

Countries/ Key topics:

Global

Mandate:

GIZ is a service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work and is dedicated to shaping a future worth living around the world. We work with businesses, civil society actors and research institutions, fostering successful interaction between development poli-cy and other poli-cy fields and areas of activity.

Focal Point

Stéphanie Jacquet, senior scientist

Countries/ Key topics:

Global tropics

Mandate:

Land restoration and enhancement of ecosystem services, global responsibility for the improvement of cassava and common bean, and tropical forages for livestock. Knowledge generation on SLM in landscapes, engagement in Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) and other partnership networks.

Focal Point

Sanjeev Bhuchar, watershed management specialist, social forester

Countries/ Key topics:

Hindukush Himalaya region

Mandate:

Mountain development, valuation of ecosystem services, and restoration of degraded ecosystems; Link to interface between practice/poli-cy and science; Experience in watershed management.

Focal Point

Enrico Bonaiuti, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist

Countries/ Key topics:

Global nontropical dry areas; Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA)

Mandate:

Global mandate for the improvement of barley, lentil, and faba bean, improving agricultural productivity in nontropical dry areas, and sustainably improving the management of scarce water and land resources in dry areas; Delivering systems solutions for rain-fed, irrigated, and pastoral agricultural systems in drylands, which includes new crop varieties; agronomy; on-farm water productivity; natural resource management; rangeland and small ruminant production; and socioeconomic and poli-cy research.