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Conserving Mountain Lands: in Loja Province, EcuadorIn 1999, the Live Fences project was honored with the “Saving the Drylands” Award of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Brazil.

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Contact Regional Coordinating Unit (RCU) for LAC 

MATALLO, Heitor
RCU Coordinator

Acevedo, JACOB
Oficial de Programa Asociado / Associate Programme Officer 

Economic Comission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
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Dag Hammarskjöld 3477
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13.05.2013
The UNCCD focal point of Honduras visited the LAC RCU / El punto focal de UNCCD de Honduras visitó la UCR para ALC
The NFP of Honduras Mr. Luis Espinoza visited the LAC RCU on 12 March 2013. Taking advantage of his presence in Santiago de Chile, the RCU officers had a meeting with Mr. Espinoza > more
09.04.2013
UNCCD and UNESCO Regional Offices celebrated the World Water Day in Chile / Las oficinas regionales de UNCCD y UNESCO celebran el Día Mundial del Agua
The UNCCD Regional Coordination Unit and the UNESCO Regional Bureau of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean jointly organized a seminar on water culture for teachers, which was held in Viña del Mar, Chile, on March 22, 2013 > more
28.02.2013
The GEF Extended Constituency Workshop in Honduras / El Taller de Circunscripción Ampliada del GEF en Honduras
The GEF Extended Constituency Workshop (ECW) for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela was held in Tela, Honduras on 19-20 February 2013. > more
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Addressing desertification, land degradation and drought in Latin America & Caribbean

Although well known for its rain forests, Latin America and the Caribbean is actually about one-quarter desert and drylands (20,533,000 km2). The hyper-arid deserts of the Pacific coast stretch from southern Ecuador, the entire Peruvian shoreline and northern Chile. Further inland, at altitudes of 3,000-4,500 meters, high and dry plains (Altiplano) of the Andean mountains cover large areas of Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
 

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Latin America & Carribean: Regional cooperation

The Regional Annex for Latin America and the Caribbean strongly emphasizes the need for sustainable development. The Convention to Combat Desertification has strong political support in the region. All countries in the region have already joined the Convention and its issues are becoming part and parcel of the national agendas on sustainable development and combating poverty.

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