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		<title>Integrated Water Resource Management course (ITC / IISD)</title>
		<link>http://desertification.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/integrated-water-resource-management-course-itc-iisd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Arno van Lieshout &#60;lieshout@itc.nl&#62;
Water Issues Announcement List &#60;water-l@lists.iisd.ca&#62;
Announcement on Integrated Water Resource Management course hosted in Kenya
IWRM Kenya 2010_LR
The International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) organizes jointly with the Regional Center of Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), Egerton University and Addis Ababa University a 4 months course on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&blog=523668&post=5553&subd=desertification&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PROPOSED CLIMATE CHANGE MEASURES INSUFFICIENT (UNNews)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROPOSED CLIMATE CHANGE MEASURES INSUFFICIENT, BAN TELLS MAJOR ECONOMIES

New York, Jul  9 2009  1:00PM
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions proposed by the world’s largest economies are not deep enough, and warned that much more effort is needed if governments are to reach a meaningful agreement on climate change by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&blog=523668&post=5551&subd=desertification&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Survey highlights African businesses are to invest in sustainable development and a new &#8216;Green&#8217; economy (Africapractice / African SD Policy Makers / IISD)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[rural development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Africapractice
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African SD Policy Makers &#60;africasd-l@lists.iisd.ca&#62;
Survey highlights African businesses are to invest in sustainable development and a new &#8216;Green&#8217; economy

African businesses to invest in sustainable development and a new ‘Green’ economy
A survey carried out by africapractice confirmed that of 103 African businesses, 97% will increase their investments to address sustainable development [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&blog=523668&post=5549&subd=desertification&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Implementation of MEAs in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (UNEP / IISD)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNEP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Marko Berglund &#60;Marko.Berglund@unep.org&#62;
Multilateral Environmental Agreement List &#60;mea-l@lists.iisd.ca&#62;
UNEP&#8217;s new initiative for MEA implementation
UNEP is coordinating multiple partners under a four -year multi-million euro capacity enhancement programme for implementation of MEAs in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. For an opinion piece, news on recent developments, and more, please glance through the attached first issue [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&blog=523668&post=5547&subd=desertification&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable agriculture development to ensure global food security (UNNews)</title>
		<link>http://desertification.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/sustainable-agriculture-development-to-ensure-global-food-security-unnews/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[food / food security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hunger / famine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malnutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rural development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELPING WORLD’S HUNGRY ALSO PROMOTES PEACE AND STABILITY – BAN
New York, Jul 10 2009 11:00AM
By helping the world’s hungry, who now number one billion, the international community can also secure a more peaceful and stable future for all, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon &#60;&#8221;http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocus/sgspeeches/statments_full.asp?statID=539&#8220;&#62;told the leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations today in L’Aquila, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&blog=523668&post=5544&subd=desertification&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UNCCD News: a new information service from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD / IISD)</title>
		<link>http://desertification.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/unccd-news-a-new-information-service-from-the-united-nations-convention-to-combat-desertification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UNCCD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNCCD News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Wagaki Mwangi &#60;WMwangi@unccd.int&#62;
Sustainable Development Announcement List &#60;sd-l@lists.iisd.ca&#62;
UNCCD News: a new information service from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

The Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification is pleased to introduce a bi-monthly electronic newsletter. Please follow the instructions below to access the articles.
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		<title>&#8220;Addressing immediate hunger needs is a critical long-term investment&#8221;  But which one ? (Willem Van Cotthem)</title>
		<link>http://desertification.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/addressing-immediate-hunger-needs-is-a-critical-long-term-investment-but-which-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gardening / Horticulture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[desert/desert gardening]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please read attentively my former posting on :
&#8220;UN AGENCIES URGE ACTION BY G8 LEADERS TO SUPPORT WORLD’S HUNGRY&#8221; (UNNews of July 7, 2009)

Let me select some interesting paragraphs of this excellent paper and add to them my personal views or questions.
&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.

(1) &#8220;According to FAO, the most recent increase in hunger is not the consequence of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&blog=523668&post=5525&subd=desertification&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UN AGENCIES URGE ACTION BY G8 LEADERS TO SUPPORT WORLD’S HUNGRY (UNNews)</title>
		<link>http://desertification.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/un-agencies-urge-action-by-g8-leaders-to-support-world%e2%80%99s-hungry-unnews/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[food / food security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hunger / famine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : UNNews
UN AGENCIES URGE ACTION BY G8 LEADERS TO SUPPORT WORLD’S HUNGRY
New York, Jul  7 2009 12:00PM
Two United Nations agencies have called on the leaders attending this week’s meeting of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations not to forget the needs of the world’s hungry, whose number is expected to top 1 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&blog=523668&post=5522&subd=desertification&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BETTER WATER MANAGEMENT KEY TO TACKING AFGHAN POVERTY (UNNews)</title>
		<link>http://desertification.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/better-water-management-key-to-tacking-afghan-poverty-unnews/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water conservation / harvesting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : UNNews
BETTER WATER MANAGEMENT KEY TO TACKING AFGHAN POVERTY, UN ENVOY SAYS

New York, Jul  7 2009  6:00PM
The inefficient management of Afghanistan’s water resources is critical to both the country’s widespread poverty and deadly tribal conflicts over territory, a United Nations envoy said today, calling for better management to help foster stability and build [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&blog=523668&post=5520&subd=desertification&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mongolia may loose prairies (Google / Ubpost)</title>
		<link>http://desertification.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/mongolia-may-loose-prairies-google-ubpost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desertification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pastoralism / animal husbandry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grassland / rangeland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grazing / overgrazing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Google Alert &#8211; desertification
http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&#38;task=view&#38;id=3204&#38;Itemid=36
Mongolia May Loose Prairies, Demand for Cashmere Partly Blamed
Written by Administrator
Mongolia, the land of prairies, is facing rapid desertification, due partly to the unchecked growth of animal herding for prized cashmere wool from Chinese buyers and global warming. The rapid disappearance of pasture fields has alarmed the Mongolian government.
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