The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has issued a call for applications for the 2013 Land for Life Award.
The Land for Life Award aims to:
- Recognize excellence and innovation in sustainable land management
- Provide winners with visibility and support to expand their work
- Inspire leadership for the restoration of soils’ natural health and the transformation of degraded land
- Encourage international cooperation in support of sustainable land management, particularly in the drylands
- Encourage political measures that foster sustainable land management and enhance soils
- Raise awareness of the global benefits of soil generation and preservation
- Promote understanding that the drylands are part of the solution to today’s most pressing problems
- Reward sustainable land management efforts that foster gender equality, cultural diversity and social inclusion.
The award will be given to up to three outstanding applicants based on the selection criteria. The winners will receive:
- Three awards will be granted from a total prize fund of up to USD 100,000.
- A medal
- Free travel and accommodation to attend the award ceremony.
- In the case that the award is granted to an underage person, free travel and accommodation to attend the award ceremony for one accompanying family member.
- A “Healthy Soils Gold Medal” label to use on related products and communications.
- A video will be made of the winning projects and published on the UNCCD website.
- The jury reserves the right to award the prize without providing a monetary reward. This would occur if the honor is bestowed to a business or other organization that is not in need of financial resources to scale-up their initiatives. In this case, the prize would include a medal and the honor and publicity that accompany winning the Land for Life award. It would also include, where appropriate, flights and accommodation to the award ceremony and the creation of a video about the project.
The deadline to apply is 15 March 2013. For more information, visit this link.
http://www.unccd.int/en/programmes/Event-and-campaigns/LandForLife/Pages/default.aspx
