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US$1.4 billion partnership launched to combat land degradation in Central Asia

16 November, 2006

Five Central Asian countries have joined with more than a dozen development cooperation partners in Almaty, Kazakhstan,  to launch a US$1.4 billion programme to restore, maintain and enhance the productivity of degraded land, so as to improve the...

Screening of 'Villages on the Front Line' on BBC World TV

10 November, 2006

"Villages on the Front Line" documents how ordinary men and women in some of the poorest communities worldwide are finding ingenious ways to combat desertification and improve their livelihoods.   This series has been produced as part...

Facilitation Committee meets in New York

31 October, 2006

The 16th session of the GM’s Facilitation Committee (FC), held in New York on 31 October 2006 and chaired by Mr. Warren Evans, Director, Environment Department of the World Bank, provided an opportunity for the GM and the UNCCD Secretariat...

UN General Assembly debates UNCCD implementation

30 October, 2006

The Second Committee (Economic and Finance) of the UN General Assembly discussed UNCCD implementation, including activities in support of the International Year of Desserts and Desertification (IYDD) at its meeting on Monday 30 October in New...

World Congress on Communication for Development

25 October, 2006

Communication for Development is an essential tool for meeting the pressing development challenges that confront us today.   This was the core message of the first World Congress held in Rome, Italy from 25 to 27 October 2006, which brought...

Spain hosts international symposium on desertification and migrations

25 October, 2006

The 2nd International Symposium on Desertification and Migrations held in Almería, Spain, from 25-27 October 2006, was the most important event organized by Spain to commemorate the International Year on Deserts and...

Dr Christian Mersmann, Managing Director, in BBC World Debate

14 October, 2006

A BBC World TV debate, “Advancing Sands: Deserts and Migration”, was filmed at IUCN headquarters on 5 October 2006. Six internationally renowned panellists discussed desertification, the impact of  populations and livestock on...

CRIC.5 rescheduled

4 September, 2006

The fifth session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 5), initially planned for October 2006, has been rescheduled and will now take place on dates to be decided, between 7 and 22 March...

New GEF Council programme for sustainable land management in Central Asia

28 August, 2006

The Governing Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), at its Special Session on 28 August 2006 in Cape Town, South Africa, approves USD 20 million in grants for the first phase of the Central Asian Countries Initiative on Land Management...

Cooperation agreement with the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center

15 June, 2006

Technical cooperation agreement signed to support UNCCD implementation in Meso-America, through capacity-building and promoting quality information exchange. On 15 July Dr Christian Mersmann, Managing Director of the Global Mechanism and Dr Pedro...