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News / 17 June 2010

World Day to Combat Desertification

Today, the 17th of June 2010, it's World Day to Combat Desertification. This year's theme is "Enhancing soils anywhere enhances life everywhere", in line with the International Year dedicated to Biodiversity. With this theme, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification aims to sensitize the public to the fact that desertification, land degradation and drought dramatically affect the biodiversity resident in the soil.

 

Both ENDS works with many partners in drylands and on desertification issues around the world. For example, in the Drynet network Both ENDS and partners work on strengthening civil society collaboration and capacities in drylands. The DESIRE project is a scientific project aiming to suggest desertification remediation and mitigation measures to land users and policy makers.

 

Check and download the DESIRE fact sheet on this year's World Day to Combat Desertification theme, soil diversity. Our Drynet partner Probioma specifically focusses on biodiversity in soils and biological remediation of degraded soils, visit the Drynet website.

 

For more information www.desire-project.eu. Or contact Marie Jose van der Werff ten Bosch.

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