The 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification has begun in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. August 17, 2026

With the support of the ITDM project, the Mongolian Export Cluster Network and its members are participating in COP17. Visit the C07 pavilion. Land and soil degradation on our planet has become one of the major challenges threatening food security, livelihoods, and ecosystem balance. Every living thing on and beneath the ground depends on healthy soil for its survival. Today, up to 40 percent of the world's drylands are affected by degradation, impacting the livelihoods of more than half of humanity.