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Webinar on Desertification and Citizens Action
14/02/2012 - UNCCD secretariat with EarthAction and The Global Citizens Initiative (TGCI) will organize a Virtual World Community Forum on Desertification and Citizen Action—Saving the Life-Giving Soils of the World that will take place Tuesday, February 28 through Tuesday, March 6, 2012. This online forum is being made available at no cost to participants. more... |
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Desertification Is In Top 20 Terms Used In the Rio Plus 20 Zero Draft Preparation
3/02/12 - “Desertification” is the 20th most used term in the preparation to the Rio+20 Zero Draft according to the analysis conducted by the Stakeholder Forum. more... |
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DesertNet International 2011 Report highlights the need for Intergovernmental Land and Soil Panel
20/01/12 - Scientific Network “DesertNet International” in its 2011 report discusses the need for the Intergovernmental Land and Soil Panel. The report highlights science and policy related developments at the UNCCD COP10 in Changwon, Republic of Korea in October 2011 and the results of the network’s work in 2011. more... |
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DESIRE contributes to Land Day 5 theme
15/12/11 - The DESIRE Project draws the attention to the leaflet "The idea of Sustainable Development, and what it means for achieving zero net-growth in degradation", as a contribution to the theme of the UNCCD's Land Day 5. more.../p> |
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Protecting soils for our Common Future: A call for action in Berlin
12/10/11 - "Protecting soils for our Common Future: A call for action" is now available, which is the outcome of the meeting organized by the German Federal Environment Agency in Berlin in September 2011. more... |
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Preparation of the next World Water Forum - Collection of solution
22/09/2011- In the framework of the preparation of the next World Water Forum, which will be held in Marseille in March 2012, EMWIS has been appointed as Coordinator for the Target 7, of the theme Contribute to Cooperation and Peace. Our objective is to present during the Forum the existing or innovative solutions, and to get if possible commitments on their achievement. more... |
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Korean Business Community pledge to support the fight against desertification in their letter to the UN Secretary-General
05/08/2011- Over 80 Business Chief Executive Officers (CEO) in the Republic of Korea expressed their commitments in support of the fight against desertification and land degradation and the mitigation of drought. more... |
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It is your world - now fix it
09/09/2011- During the 64th UN DPI/NGO Conference which took place last week, "Sustainable Societies, Responsive Citizens", over 1,500 people from 70 countries shared unique perspectives on the links between sustainability and volunteerism. One such was a presentation of a board game "Cooling down!" in which players take the roles of world regions to collectively build sustainable future. more... |
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Save the Earth Cartoon Exhibition at the IAAF World Championship in Daegu
08/09/2011 – International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championship game ended last week where 1849 athletes competed for their excellence. During the Championship, a cartoon exhibition was held in cooperation with the UNCCD and Future Forest near the main stadium. more... |
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Fading borders: Growing Reforestation
25/08/11 - The Quisqeya Verde Program run by the Dominican Government aims to plant 30 million trees in the next four years also involves the government of Haiti. more... |
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UN-Water invites you to nominate your best practice for the 2nd edition of the ‘Water for Life’ UN-Water Best Practices Award
23/08/2011 - The United Nations Office to Support the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” 2005-2015, which implements the UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC), and the UN World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) are pleased to invite you to nominate your best practice for the 2nd edition of the “Water for Life” UN-Water Best Practices Award. The application period is open from 30 June to 30 September 2011. more.. |
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It’s real: Experiencing the consequences of desertification through TV
10/08/2011 - Fight against desert encroachment (FADE) of Nigeria initiates the TV Reality Show to raise awareness among public on the threat of desertification. more.. |
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Restoring the Earth’s degraded land
18 July 2011 – The 4th Caux Forum for Human Security organized a one-day special event on 15 July under the theme, “Restoring the Earth’s degraded land”, in which, experts and practitioners warned vulnerability of people and ecosystems in the drylands. more.. |
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New Directorate General to Combat Desertification and Erosion in Turkey
08/07/11 - The newly formed cabinet in Turkey has decided to give special importance to the topic to land degradation, desertification and droughts. It has formed a Directorate General to look into the preparation and implementation of combating of land degradation and rehabilitation projects across the country. more.. |
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Hostility of desert encroachments
21/04/11 - Desert encroachment is one of the causes of desertification, and partly stems from human activities and partly from climatic variations. Dr. Newton Jibunoh, founder of the non-governmental organization, Fight Against Desert Encroachment (FADE) in Nigeria, paid a visit to Mr. Luc Gnacadja, UNCCD Executive Secretary, to share his experience among communities threatened by desert encroachment. more.. |
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Changwon National University, Republic of Korea, organised a Model UNCCD Conference
21/03/11 - Gyeongnam Province and the Korea Forest Service organized the Model UNCCD conference. Some 150 students from all over Korea gathered to participate in the model UNCCD COP 10, which aimed at raising awareness of the effects of serious drought and desertification and promoting the role of the UNCCD, especially among younger people. more.. |
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Argentina to launch its National Observatory on Desertification
21/03/11 - Argentina will take another step in the fight against desertification by launching its first National Observatory on Desertification, Land Degradation and Conservation. more.. |
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UNCCD ES welcomes Algeria commitment in the fight against desertification
Luc Gnacadja went in Algeria for a 3-days working visit, last October. more.. |
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Statement on the Synergistic Implementation of the Rio Conventions in the Drylands
13/12/2010 - From 8-11 November 2010 the third bi-annual conference on Drylands, Deserts and Desertification was held at the Sede Boqer’s Blaustein Institute for Desert Research at Ben Gurion University in Israel. more.. |
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From the Gobi Desert, top-decision makers in Mongolia speaks up against desertification
28/09/2010 - Mongolia’s Prime Minister Batbold Sukhbaatar and his cabinet members held their cabinet meeting in the Gobi Desert, drawing the world’s attention to the problem of desertification, land degradation and drought. more.. |
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The Holistic Management approach : when grazing is no longer a problem, but a tool to fight against desertification
17/08/10 The Holistic Management approach : when grazing is no longer a problem, but a tool to fight against desertification.Discover the "Holistic Management" approach and its successes to reverse desertification. Found and promoted by Allan Savory over the last 50 years, it has been able to turn back desertified areas into productive and biodiverse land using livestock and well-managed grazing as a tool... a counter-intuitive approach! more..
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Grow Biointensive System, a tool to fight against desertification
30/07/10 The Grow Biointensive method meets traditional knowledge inspired by Sustainable Land Management. more.. |
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Promising results of the Ecofarm/plant establishment action research in Mali
02/07/10 - The purpose of the Ecofarm project was to create an integrated farm system in order to improve the food security of farmers in the drylands. The Plant Establishment project has contributed to this by testing techniques that are of particular relevance for boosting crop production. The two projects are highly interlinked and both are carried out through testing and refining a series of low-cost technologies in order to increase the total production on the farm. The testing is done by the farmers themselves, on their own lands. more..
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SLM success story in the Ceará State - Northeast Brazil
28/06/10 - In Ceará State, Northeast Brazil, a participative project on SLM has been developed over the last five years with impressive results : the Hydro-Environmental Programme (PRODHAM). more..
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Rare vegetation of the Gobustan State National Park in Azerbaijan under close attention.
21/06/2010 - The Planet Action Program is a project developing in the Republic of Azerbaijan. It aims to identify and describe the extent of rare vegetation communities found within the Gobustan State National Park using GeoInformation Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) more..
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You can make the difference
23/03/2010 - At the Forum Klima und Nachhaltigkeit in Illingen, Germany, Students of the Illtal-High School are honoured for their commitment to sustainable development more..
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An Environmental Vision of El Chaco from the Visual Arts
Twenty-five paintings hang on the walls of the headquarters of the Secretariat of the UNCCD, in Bonn. The paintings are as unique as the painters and their project, and are testimony to the dedication more..
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Boca Juniors joins the UNCCD to combat desertification
19/03/2010 - Atlético Boca Juniors Club from Buenos Aires and Fundacion Agreste signed an Agreement for Joint Cooperation in the framework of the program “Match against desertification” in the context on the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). more…
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Bonn Symposium 2009: Sustainable Development in Times of Crises Opposition or Opportunity?
Current global crises require short-term responses in order to avert immediate threats posed to human security. more…
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Training of journalists on desertification and biodiversity: Lomé, Togo
The non-governmental organization Jeunes Volontaires pour l'Environnement (JVE) in partnership with the Ministry of Environment and the Enviromental Journalist Network, organized a workshop for environmental journalists on 7 August 2009, in Lomé, Togo. more…
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Photo exhibition: Milan, Italy
Oikos Institute has organized an exhibition, "Maasai losing land" in Milan, Italy, from 15 September to 18 October 2009. more…
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