This page reports on events and activities from around the world that promote action against desertification, land degradation and mitigation of drought. Your report is welcome (see contribution guidelines on the right).
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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