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Argument - Arable Land Intervention Possibilities
For instance, China is a pioneer in combating desertification. The Chinese have used fixation techniques for mobile sand dunes; narrow strip planting; windbreaks ... farmland (FAO, 1997). The FAO has also estimated that China's national program for combating desertification has helped to convert 100,000 ha of seriously desertified land into farmland. ...
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Drylands Conference 2004
Japanese Website Conference Objectives: Review global research on drylands Integrate key drylands and desertification issues Summarize successful approaches for managing drylands Background: For many years, UNU has ... indicates, the discussions in the conference does not only focus on the issue of combating desertification but of man living in harmony with the desert. Particular attention will be ...
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Software tools for harvesting, storage and utilization of capturing water. cida. combating desertification. www.idre.ca/books/reports/1997/21-oie.html n Rainwater harvesting-patil 364 22nd ...
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FAO/AGL Land and Water Development Division Home Page
Water: Country Information World Reference Base for Soil Resources More ... Priority Area for Interdisciplinary Action Combating Desertification Food for the Cities (Fact sheet) Spatial Information Management Electronic conferences/expert consultations Extent of ...
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IISD Linkages - Your Meeting Bulletin Archives
Trade and Environment (CTE), Symposium on Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development 20-21 May 1997 Combating Desertification: Connecting Science with Community Action 12-16 May 1997 back to top of archives 1996 ...
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(10/13/97) Growing Deserts Claim Half-Million Sq Miles
Agenda 21 emerging from Rio included a chapter on "Managing Fragile Ecosystems: Combating Desertification and Drought." It also recommended the establishment of an intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a convention to combat desertification ... The new atlas also highlights success stories in combating desertification ranging from soil rehabilitation in northwestern China ...
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Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble, Chapter 5. Natural Systems under stress shrinking forests deforestation losing soil erosion deteriorating rangelands advancing deserts desertification collapsing fisheries internati
Government of Nigeria, Combating Desertification and Mitigating the Effects of Drought in Nigeria, National Report on the Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Nigeria: November 1999 ... “The Process and Its Control of Sandy Desertification in Northern China,” CAREERI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, seminar on desertification, held in Lanzhou, China, May 2002. ...
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IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) @ Joint International Conference - Desertification and the International Policy Imperative, 17-19 December 2006, Algiers, Algeria
Algeria’s leadership role in combating desertification. L to R: Youba Sokona, Executive Director, Observatoire du Sahara et du ... Desertification IISD RS coverage of the Seventh Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP-7) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification ...
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AGENDA 21: DESERTIFICATION (INTRODUCTION)
Basis for Action Objectives Activities Means of Implementation B. Combating land degradation ... livelihood systems in areas prone to desertification Basis for Action Objectives Activities Means of Implementation D. Developing comprehensive anti-desertification programmes and integrating them into ...
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