Desertification - United Nations lays foundations for more drought resilient societies |
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Domenica 19 Maggio 2013 17:40 | |||
A top-level United Nations conference has, for the first time, laid the foundations for practical and proactive national drought policies to increase resilience to the world’s most destructive natural hazard, which is being aggravated by climate change. More about: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/transparency-could-tighten-drought-policy/ http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44383&Cr=drought&Cr1=#.UUXDnFfQhKU The Meeting website: * * * UNCCD 2nd Scientific Conference (Daily web coverage): http://www.iisd.ca/desert/cric11/ More about: http://www.scidev.net/en/news/data-dearth-impeding-fight-against-desertification.html Agricoltura, -5% del Pil mondiale a causa del degrado dei suoli: http://www.confinionline.it/it/Principale/Informazione/news.aspx?prog=50487 http://www.rinnovabili.it/ambiente/desertificazione-rischio-stati-975/ UNCCD The Economics of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought - Methodologies and Analysis for Decision-Making: http://2sc.unccd.int/fileadmin/unccd/upload/documents/Background_Document_web.pdf * * * Il Canada si ritira dalla Convenzione Onu contro desertificazione: Sull'argomento: http://www.unccd.int/en/media-center/MediaNews/Pages/highlightdetail.aspx?HighlightID=181
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