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WMO workshop is a model in work to combat desertification

(posted on 17 September)

The eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Madrid, Spain, 3-14 September 2007) adopted a new format for its future work on science and technology, which was inspired by an international workshop organized by WMO.

 

The 2006 WMO International Workshop on Climate and Land Degradation (2006) focused on how climate induces and influences land degradation and what measures need to be taken to enhance the applications of weather and climate information to combat land degradation, in particular through innovative land management practices.