Desertification

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Desertification, one of the consequences of climate change, parches land in once moist, productive soil, with severe consequences for humans and the environment.

Information about desertification.

Issues

• Climate change

Organizations

• The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is an international convention that addresses desertification.
  • The Global Mechanism (GM) is a subsidiary body of the UNCCD that assists with supporting the financial aspects of the work of the UNCCD.

Events

2009

• 19 June 2009, World Day to Combat Desertification 2009, 15th year anniversary of the 17 June 1994 signing of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

News

2009

Resources/Reports

• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) web page provides information on events and international action programs aimed at addressing the threat of desertification.

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Desertification web page provides resources and information on the topic of desertification to involve "national, regional and international stakeholders...in sustainable development of drylands". [1]

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