Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert, and this happens only when we create too much bare ground.

Capacity building for strengthening the production and delivery of renewable energy in developing countries affected by desertification

The momentum generated by the IYDDInternational could be of paramount importance for the UNCCD implementation process by creating a multiplier effect at the national and international levels, thus setting the basis for the further implementation of the Convention.

Paradoxically, this would have the effect of immediately protecting the vendor rather than the other contracting partner.

The reports agree that the preservation and conservation of biodiversity have a real impact on desertification control.

She must make life grow where there was no life.

Isn't life absurd?

Recognizing the negative impact of environmental degradation, including climate change, desertification and loss of biodiversity, on human settlements,

The resulting dialogue recognized that all sectors of society must be mobilized if combatting desertification was to be successful.

Partnership agreements and donor round tables could be scheduled during the Year for the launching of the implementation of the action programmes.

GEO for Deserts will examine the historical context, location and extent of the world's deserts, as well as the fragile ecologies and unique biota of deserts.

Well, that's absurd, Mr. Secretary.

viii) preparing information products on environment, people and desertification

Get off those steps, you trashy wench! Get off this land! You can't speak that way to my wife.

Then life is just senseless horror.

2. Production of caps, pens, and pencils to be used at various meetings in particular on World Day to Combat Desertification ( 17,000)

Mr. Marsh (United States of America) With respect to draft resolution I, entitled International Year of Deserts and Desertification, 2006 , deserts and desertification present challenges to the international community and to Member States, but they also present positive examples of international cooperation.

The International Year of Deserts and Desertification, 2006 will coincide with the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

The designation by the General Assembly of 2006 as the IYDD coincides with the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the UNCCD.

The UNCTAD report notes that the diversification of agricultural production has a real impact on poverty reduction, which is itself a key element in any desertification control strategy.

CCD Mr. Gregoire de Kalbermatten

Combat desertification by supporting the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

Combat desertification by supporting the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

YYou've annoyed us enough with your ridiculous story.

Ms. Ajamay (Norway) said that her country was concerned by the mismatch between food production and need the fact that famine and oversupply could exist in different parts of the globe simultaneously and she wondered how the question of property rights might be tied in to that problem.

The progress achieved with decentralization in West Africa has had a positive impact on the effective participation of communities in desertification control.

43. Mr. Nyambi (Director, United Nations Development Programme Office to Combat Desertification and Drought) said that it was important to capitalize on the momentum generated by the first session of the Conference of Parties to the Convention.

The very name of the Convention may perhaps be misleading since the fundamental problem is one of land degradation, of which desertification is a key element.

With a view to fully capitalizing on the expected momentum to be generated by the International Year of Deserts and Desertification, its conception, launching and celebration are being engineered around the promotion of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification process and the complementary advantages of its multilateral and bilateral partners. In this context, it is expected that the Year will lead to the achievement of a set of concrete and measurable objectives

The monitoring system of the UNCCD yet to be established should ultimately result in quantified, time bound and costed targets relating to combating land degradation and desertification in a long term perspective.

Paradoxically, one indicator that has been improving steadily in the US productivity may be the clearest sign of the problem. When it comes to productivity, managers either invest in employee training, more efficient manufacturing processes, and the like, or they take steps that appear to boost productivity in the short run but that erode it in the long run.

The International Year of Deserts and Desertification would raise public awareness of the issue of desertification and protect the biological diversity, knowledge and traditions of communities affected by desertification.

Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert, and this happens only when we create too much bare ground.

(a) Production and production capacity

Effects through the production chain

Aware of the opportunity offered by the International Year of Deserts and Desertification to raise public awareness of the issue of desertification and to protect the biological diversity, knowledge and traditions of communities affected by desertification,

That could lead to absurd results, given the absence of a world authority to decide on the competence of States to invoke violations erga omnes.

FOR THE ELABORATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION

EXPERIENCING SERIOUS DROUGHT AND OR

Population Division

Elaboration of an international convention to combat desertification in countries experiencing serious drought and or desertification, particularly in Africa

The starting point for IFAD projects in areas prone to desertification is the needs of the populations who depend on the productivity and resilience of dryland resources for their survival.

Name of focal point institution ministry office

GENERAL A AC.241 INF.4 22 November 1996 Original ENGLISH

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