Each pin is placed at the headquarters of the lead partner — or, when all partners share equal responsibility, the headquarters of the partner who submitted the information. It does not necessarily indicate where the initiative's activities are implemented. Geographic scope and specific geography fields on each profile card provide more detail on where the work takes place.

The initiative operates or has impact across multiple continents, or explicitly targets worldwide reach. Global initiatives are not restricted to a specific region or country.

The initiative focuses on a defined multi-country region — such as the MENA region, Latin America, or the IGAD region — without covering the entire globe.

The initiative's primary geographic scope is within a single country, even if it receives international funding or support.

Initiative name refers to the specific programme, project, or activity registered in the Land & Soil Community — it is the primary identifier used throughout the directory.

Partner name refers to the organisation leading or hosting that initiative. One organisation may run multiple initiatives; conversely, a single initiative may be co-led by a consortium of partners.

All data is self-reported and voluntary, provided by initiatives via a standardized Google Form, linked from the “Join with my initiative” button. Submissions enter the central registry and undergo a curation process before being released to the platform.

The country displayed on each profile card reflects the headquarters of the lead partner — or, when all partners share equal responsibility, the headquarters of the partner who submitted the information. It does not necessarily indicate where the initiative's activities are implemented. Geographic scope and specific geography fields provide more detail on where the work takes place.

Each profile card displays two types of indicators, visually distinguished to avoid conflating confirmed results with future commitments.

Under Action (solid-border cards) show what has already happened or is currently happening: hectares under restoration or conservation, people already benefited, and finance already mobilized. Some partners prefer to report ongoing progress here rather than commit to a fixed Projected number, so this category includes both completed and in-progress figures.

Projected / To Be (dashed-border cards) show planned targets: hectares to be restored or conserved, people to be benefited, and finance to be mobilized. These are partner expectations, not yet realized.

The RAA community includes initiatives that support the RAA and UNCCD goals both directly and indirectly — this is one reason metrics coverage varies from card to card. In addition, not every initiative is able to publish all of its data on its profile card, even though all submitted data is still included in the aggregate figures shown in the Community Snapshot.

Many of the platforms featured in this section were curated using publicly available information to map the broader land and soil ecosystem. Their inclusion here does not necessarily mean they are RAA partners. Some platforms shown have completed the official platform submission form and are indeed RAA partners.

All data is self-reported and voluntary, provided by initiatives via a standardized Google Form, linked from the “Join with my initiative” button. Submissions enter the central registry and undergo a curation process before being released to the platform.

This snapshot represents a preliminary effort to demonstrate collective momentum based on self-reported data from our existing community. Following initial curation, individual figures were summed to provide a high-level overview. This is an evolving baseline and work in progress; it will be refined alongside partners to integrate stronger scientific foundations and prevent double counting. This visualization is intended to illustrate community scale and should not be used or cited as an official report.

The snapshot aggregates only initiatives that have joined the Land & Soil Community. No ranking, scoring, or independent verification is applied to the reported figures. All submitted data is included here, even for initiatives whose profile cards show fewer metrics due to individual disclosure preferences.

New submissions are not published instantly. Each entry passes through a curation review and, once approved, is released to the platform. From that point onwards, updates are reflected within minutes.

Under Action values reflect outcomes already delivered or currently being delivered by initiatives between 2015 and 2025. Some partners prefer to report ongoing progress here rather than commit to a fixed Projected number, so this category includes both completed and in-progress figures. Projected values represent the goals set by initiatives for the 2026–2030 period.

Quantitative (split into Under Action & Projected): hectares under restoration and conservation, inland waters under restoration and conservation, people benefited, and financial resources mobilized.

Categorical: type of actor, geographic scope, region, action area, priority ecosystem, beneficiary, critical enabler, Rio Convention synergies, and alignment with Land & Soil Breakthroughs.

Reflects each initiative’s self-reported geographic scope — the continents where it operates (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Global/International, or Oceania). An initiative may select more than one, so totals can exceed the number of initiatives.

This is different from the Region filter in the Initiatives Directory and the pins on the Global Presence map, both of which are based on the lead partner’s headquarters location rather than where the work takes place.

Restoration refers to active interventions to recover degraded land or ecosystems — such as replanting, soil rehabilitation, or rewetting.

Conservation refers to protecting land that is still in good condition from further degradation. Each initiative reports these separately, in hectares and inland waters — though the goal bars below currently combine them into one aggregate figure per category (see “Our methodology will keep evolving”).

Aggregates both restoration and conservation hectares. Under Action sums hectares currently under restoration and already conserved. Projected sums hectares planned for restoration and conservation. Inland waters are tracked separately under Drought Resilience.

Reflects inland water bodies (lakes, rivers, wetlands). Under Action sums inland waters currently under restoration and already conserved. Projected sums inland waters planned for restoration and conservation. Figures are reported in hectares.

Under Action reflects people that initiatives report as already benefited. Projected reflects people that initiatives expect to benefit going forward. Both are self-reported and may include direct and indirect beneficiaries as defined by each initiative.

Finance Under Action reflects financial resources already mobilized by partners. Finance Projected reflects financial resources partners expect to mobilize — these are forward-looking expectations, not confirmed commitments. All figures are in USD and aggregated across all initiatives regardless of individual disclosure preferences.

Initiatives may select multiple values per category (action areas, beneficiaries, enablers, etc.). Bar charts count each occurrence, so totals across a category can exceed the number of initiatives.

Initiatives flagged as engaged with Land & Soil Breakthroughs are those formally aligned with this partnership at the time of reporting.