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Desertification

Conference on Desertification and Land Degradation (DesertLand)

Time and Duration
Registration Deadline: 
Fri, 31/05/2013
Venue City: 
Ghent
Basic Information
Date: 
17/06/2013 - 18/06/2013
Venue: 
NH Hotel Gent Belfort
Venue Country: 
Belgium
Event Organisers: 

UNESCO Centre on Eromology Gent University, International Center for Eromology, and Gent BC

More Information Link: 
DesertLand
Language of event: 
English

The Conference on Desertification and Land Degradation 2013 (DesertLand) will act as a platform and a catwalk for showing actions that have been taken and projects undertake

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Processed on May 8th 2013

UNCCD 2nd Scientific Conference

Time and Duration
Venue City: 
Bonn
Basic Information
Date: 
09/04/2013 - 12/04/2013
Venue: 
Bonn World Conference Centre
Venue Country: 
Germany
Event Organisers: 

UNCCD

More Information Link: 
UNCCD
Language of event: 
English

There is a widespread consensus that the pressing issues of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) are not yet properly included and addressed in today's political and private sector

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Processed on Apr 2nd 2013

Desertification: UNCCD 2nd Scientific Conference

From 9 to 13 April 2013, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is holding its 2nd Scientific Conference in Bonn, Germany.

Publishing Information
Publishing Date: 
Wed, 27/03/2013 - 09:16
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UNCCD
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Processed on Mar 27th 2013

High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy (HMNDP)

Time and Duration
Venue City: 
Geneva
Basic Information
Date: 
11/03/2013 - 15/03/2013
Venue: 
International Conference Centre (CICG)
Venue Country: 
Switzerland
Event Organisers: 

UNCCD and WMO

Co-organisers: 

UNIDO

More Information Link: 
UNCCD
Language of event: 
English

Drought is widely recognized as a slow creeping natural hazard that occurs as a consequence of the natural climatic variability.

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Processed on Mar 1st 2013

Regional Support Offices: IGAC conducts desertification analyses

The Colombian Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute - IGAC and their Center of Research and Development of Geographic Information – CIAF, recently did a series of projects based on risk manage

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Publishing Date: 
Thu, 26/07/2012 - 16:02
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Processed on Jul 26th 2012

UNOOSA organizes Rio+20 side event

On 20-22 June 2012 world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, will come together to shape how we can reduce poverty, advance so

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Publishing Date: 
Thu, 17/05/2012 - 11:54
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Rio+20 Sideevents
Processed on May 17th 2012

International Workshop on Drought Monitoring, Assessing and Planning under Global Climate Change

Time and Duration
Registration Deadline: 
Sun, 03/06/2012
Venue City: 
Beijing
Basic Information
Date: 
04/06/2012 - 05/06/2012
Venue: 
Beijing Normal University
Venue Country: 
China
Event Organisers: 

Beijing Normal University

Co-organisers: 

UN-SPIDER, U.S. National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC), International Center for Drought Risk Reduction (ICDRR) and University of Nebraska-Lincoln

More Information Link: 
Workshop Website
Language of event: 
English

UN-SPIDER is one of the sponsor of the "International Workshop on Drought Monitoring, Assessing and Planning under Global Climate Change" which will be held in June 3-5, 2012 in Beijing,

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Processed on Apr 16th 2012

Satellites combat degrading lands

As the UN marked World Food Day earlier this week, international representatives convened in Korea to discuss ways to curb the loss of productive land to desertification.

Publishing Information
Publishing Date: 
Mon, 24/10/2011 - 09:10
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esa
Processed on Oct 24th 2011

II ESCUELA DE PRIMAVERA SOBRE SOLUCIONES ESPACIALES PARA EL MANEJO DE DESASTRES NATURALES Y RESPUESTAS DE EMERGENCIAS-SEQUIA Y DESERTIFICACIÓN

Basic Information
Date: 
19/04/2010 - 23/04/2010

Organizador: Campus Brasil del Centro Regional de Enseñanza en Ciencia y Tecnología del Espacio para América Latina y el caribe - CRECTEALC

Processed on Mar 26th 2010

October 2009

Issue Date: 
Wed, 04/11/2009

In this issue:

UN-SPIDER News

Processed on Jan 5th 2010