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Why is the General Assembly convening a high-level meeting? Taking place in the context of the UN Decade for Deserts and the Fights against Desertification (2010-2020), the high-level meeting aims to raise awareness of desertification, land degradation and drought at the highest level. The outcomes of the meeting will be transmitted to the tenth session of the Conference of the…

Series of videos on sustainable land management in the Central Mountains of Central Asia that describe the work of the UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security, based in Bonn, Germany. The videos in this series show the work of UNU researchers involved in the PALM project (http://www.ehs.unu.edu/palm/). It aims to address the interlinked problems of land degradation and poverty within one…

We recognize the economic and social significance of good land management, including soil, We stress that desertification, land degradation and drought are challenges of a global dimension and continue to pose serious challenges to the sustainable development of all countries, We recognize the need for urgent action to reverse land degradation. In view of this, we will strive to…

On May 23-25 2011, more than 125 delegates from more than 20 countries gathered in Tallinn, Estonia, for the “Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation” (ANADP) conference. At the National Library of Estonia, this group explored how to create and sustain international collaborations to support the preservation of our collective digital cultural memory. Organized and hosted by the…

Present work begins with a systematic study of how the UN Convention on Combating Desertification (UNCCD) became the newest link in the loosely connected and an evolving international system for environmental governance. The cruse of the work however lies in a research oriented analysis of the efforts made by the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries in combating desertification within the…

This book describes comprehensively carbon (C) cycle process in global ecosystems and the potential and co-benefits of recarbonization of the biosphere. An ever increasing human population is disposing increasing amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere by land use and land cover changes but most importantly by burning of fossil fuels. This process severely perturbs the natural global…