Launch of UN Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification
To promote actions that will protect the world's drylands from further deterioration and degradation into deserts, the United Nations will launch the Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification on 16 August 2010. The Decade will be launched during the opening of the 2nd International Conference on Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-arid Regions. The Decade of events are spearheaded by the Secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in collaboration with the Department of Public Information (DPI) of the UN Secretariat in New York, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and other relevant UN bodies.
Date: 16 August 2010
Location: Fortaleza (Ceara), Brazil
Contact: Yukie Hori phone: +49 228 815 2829 e-mail: yhori@unccd.int www: http://www.unccd.int/media/pressrel/showpressrel.php?pr=press05_08_10
Contact information |
Yukie Hori
(email: yhori@unccd.int ; wmwangi@unccd.int) Phone: +49 228 815 2829 |
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://www.unccd.int/media/pressrel/showpressrel.php?pr=press05_08_10 |
Source of information | Climate-L.org |
Keyword(s) | Desertification |
Subject(s) | no translation available , no translation available , no translation available , no translation available |
Relation | http://www.semide.net/topics/WaterScarcity/fol083685 |
Geographical coverage | n/a |
News date | 16/08/2010 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |