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This is a package includes the following documents: Plan of Action for 1 year. Strengthening the role of women in the implementation of the convention to combat desertification Strategy document (October 1997) Guidelines for conducting a working session to introduce the concept of gender (Edit Tuboly and Roben Penny, October 1997)

To effectively implement the UNCCD and address land degradation more broadly, the diverse realities and experiences of women and men must be identified and addressed. Governments at all levels, policy-makers, the UNCCD Secretariat and national focal points, implementing entities, financing mechanisms, civil society and communities all share the task of taking actions to address gender…

Globally, it is estimated that 450 million people will migrate from rural to urban areas by 2050. In recent years, there has been a growing acceptance that “environmental refugees” – populations forced to migrate due to the impacts of climate change – are a growing problem. Although there is great uncertainty, some estimate that between 100 and 250 million people (or higher) will be displaced…

The First Conference of the Parties (COP-1) to the Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) is meeting in Rome, Italy, from 29 September to 10 October 1997. A seminar for the media and an exhibit of comic strips addressing the theme of desertification was presented. On the ocasion of the first conference artists from around the world were asked to to join the exhibition and express their…

This paper is based on a meeting of experts involved in implementing the Rio agreements that explored how to create "synergies" in national implementation of these international instruments. This is a central challenge for developing nations that must develop specific implementation mechanisms and fulfill obligations involving reporting, training, public education and other activities under the…

Desertification/land degradation is the most serious global environmental issues in the world drylands which occupy one-third of the Earth's land surface. Coupled with the adverse effects of human activities and severe and persistent droughts, this process has increasingly threaten the human survival in many parts of the world drylands, particularly in developing countries, by destroying the life…