Category Archives: UNDDD

UN decades (Google / Biodiversity Policy and Practice)

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/un-decades-on-biodiversity-and-desertification-launched-in-africa-and-south-america/ UN Decades on Biodiversity and Desertification Launched in Africa and South America July 2011: The regional launch for Africa of the UN Decade on Biodiversity was celebrated at the offices of the … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, biodiversity, Ecology - environment, UNCBD, UNCCD, UNDDD

Halting net desertification by 2030 to help ease poverty and maintain food production (Google / Dawn / UNCCD)

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/16/world-urged-to-stop-net-desertification-by-2030.html World urged to stop net desertification by 2030 BONN: The world should set a goal of halting net desertification by 2030 to stem annual losses of farmland equivalent to three times the … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, UNDDD

UNDDD (Google / UN.org)

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.un.org/en/events/desertification_decade/background.shtml UNDDD Background Information Purpose With more lands around the world facing increasing deterioration and degradation, the United Nations General Assembly declaredthe United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, UNDDD

UNDDD Success Stories – Brazil (UNDDD / UNCCD / IFAD)

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

Read at : SUCCESS STORIES http://unddd.unccd.int/success-stories.htm Brazil Success_story_Brazil Greening a grey land Naelson Medeiros was born about 30 years ago in Sombras Grandes, a small community in the vast ‘grey land’ of the Caatigna forest in north-eastern Brazil. The forest … Continue reading →

Posted in IFAD, Success stories - best practices, UNCCD, UNDDD

UNDDD Success Stories – Turkey 2 (UNDDD / UNCCD / DRYNET)

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

Read at : SUCCESS STORIES http://unddd.unccd.int/success-stories.htm Turkey Success Story Turkey The Kop and Burnazdere Microcatchments in Bayburt region – Turkey Hot and short summers that are followed by cold winters are not the best preconditions for a healthy vegetation. Thus, … Continue reading →

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UNDDD Success Stories Turkey 1 (UNDDD / UNCCD / DRYNET)

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

Read at : SUCCESS STORIES http://unddd.unccd.int/success-stories.htm Turkey Success Story Saffron Turkey Flowers to combat desertification and protect biological diversity in Turkey For a long time, cotton dominated agricultural production in the Harran Plateau of Turkey, despite this crops accompanying environmental … Continue reading →

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UNDDD Success Stories – India 2 (UNDDD / UNCCD / ICRISAT)

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

Read at : SUCCESS STORIES http://unddd.unccd.int/success-stories.htm India Success Story watershed India Adarsha Watershed in Kothapally Leads to Inward Migration Flows One of the main obstacles to combating desertification and drought is the failure to provide local communities with the knowledge … Continue reading →

Posted in ICRISAT, Success stories - best practices, UNCCD, UNDDD

UNDDD Success Stories India 1 (UNDDD / UNCCD / UNEP)

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

Read at : SUCCESS STORIES http://unddd.unccd.int/success-stories.htm India Success Story Forest India A long road to sustainable community forestry The National Joint Forest Management Project, Haryana Province, India The foothills of Himalaya in Haryana State are called Siwalik Hills and were … Continue reading →

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UNDDD Success Stories – China (UNDDD / UNCCD / UNEP)

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

Read at : SUCCESS STORIES http://unddd.unccd.int/success-stories.htm China Success Story Settlement China-1 Protecting Human Settlements from Drifting Sand in Cele County, China The encroachment of deserts on homes, cities and farmland is a challenge faced by most people that reside close … Continue reading →

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UNDDD Success Stories : Syria (UNDDD / UNCCD / IFAD)

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

Read at : SUCCESS STORIES http://unddd.unccd.int/success-stories.htm Syria Success_story_Syria The grass is greener: rehabilitating the Syrian Badia The Syrian steppe or ‘Badia’ covers 10 million hectares of central and eastern Syria. Characterized by poor soils and low rainfall, it is suitable … Continue reading →

Posted in IFAD, Success stories - best practices, UNCCD, UNDDD