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Desertification is creeping up on world agriculture (Google Alert / Terradaily)
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WMO workshop is a model in work to combat desertification (Google Alert / WMO)
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UNCCD-COP 8 : IFAP and ENID (Google Alert / CARI)
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UN launches global effort to predict climatic changes (Google / UN News Centre)
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Drought a Growing Threat to World Agriculture, Food Production (Google /...
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NEW UN PACT AIMS TO BOOST SHARING OF CLIMATE-RELATED DATA TO FIGHT HUNGER...
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UNCCD and WMO (Google / UNCCD)
Read at :Google Alert – desertification http://www.unccd.int/publicinfo/announce/ES_Message_to_WMO.php Message from Mr. Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat...
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farmers around the world find new ways to salvage degraded lands that lead to...
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“Climate for You” (Google / BikyaMasr)
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View ArticleCountries to adopt effective national drought policies as a matter of urgency...
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View ArticleNational Drought Policy Convenes (Land-l.IISD)
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View ArticleDrought Mitigation (Land-l.IISD)
Read at : http://land-l.iisd.org/news/unccd-wmo-launch-global-campaign-for-drought-mitigation/ UNCCD, WMO Launch Global Campaign for Drought Mitigation The UN Convention to Combat Desertification...
View ArticleIntegrated Drought Management Program Launched (EMWIS / SEMIDE)
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Photo credit: UN News Centre Flood victims rush to a rescue boat of the Malawi Defence Force in Makalanga. Photo: UNDP/Arjan van de Merwe 21st century ‘hottest’ on record as global warming continues,...
View ArticleSecuring every hectare of land and rehabilitate all the degraded land
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Photo credit: UN News Centre Starting in 2011, drought-hit northern and eastern Kenya suffered especially from an already poor food security situation, exacerbated by high food and fuel prices. Credit:...
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