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Environment and Energy
Part of the UN Development Programme, the Environment and Energy group work in six areas: water governance, frameworks and strategies for sustainable development, sustainable energy, sustainable land management, biodiversity and chemicals management. The group publishes information on its...
LINK | 16 November 2009 | EN
Guardian Environment
The Guardian Environment website publishes news and commentary on environmental issues such as climate change, energy, ethical living, food and recycling. It also provides blogs, job listings and multimedia, including audio and video podcasts. Users can comment and are encouraged to join...
LINK | 5 March 2009 | EN
DESIRE
Funded by the European Union, DESIRE is an international collaborative project aimed at establishing alternative strategies for using and protecting arid and semi-arid ecosystems under threat from land degradation and desertification. Field sites for testing new conservation techniques include...
LINK | 3 March 2009 | EN
Haramata – Bulletin of the Drylands
Haramata is published, in French and English, by the International Institute for Environment and Development — as part of its drylands research programme. Each edition contains news, features and commentaries on key challenges faced by people living in the world's drylands. Past issues have covered...
LINK | 29 January 2007 | EN
African Drought Risk and Development Network
This UN Development Programme initiative helps drought-prone countries prepare for extreme weather events and reduce anticipated negative impacts. The website includes succinct overviews of drought-risk in individual African countries, as well as a comprehensive links section pointing to relevant...
LINK | 21 September 2006 | EN
UN Development Programme Drylands Development Centre
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, this centre helps countries in dry regions with their poverty alleviation planning, research, analysis and capacity-building efforts. The centre was founded in 1973 in response to recurring droughts in the Sahel. It was known then as the UN Sudano-Sahelian Office and was...
LINK | 21 September 2006 | EN
Sahara and Sahel Observatory
The SSO is a United Nations clearing-house initiative that encourages developing countries to share information on desertification. The organisation works within the framework of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. Projects include developing indicators for environmental monitoring and...
LINK | 25 May 2006 | EN
Bright Edges of the World: the Earth's evolving drylands
Bright Edges of the World is an online exhibition of life in drylands. This exhibit by the UN Environment Programme and the Smithsonian Institution is aimed at schools. It describes drylands, why they are important, as well as some of the threats that they face. A special section of activities for...
LINK | 25 May 2006 | EN
International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
Established in 1977, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is one of 15 centers supported by CGIAR. ICARDA's mission is to improve the welfare of poor people through research and training in dry areas of the developing world, by increasing the production,...
LINK | 25 May 2006 | EN
Desert Research Institute
The Desert Research Institute is based in Nevada in the United States. Its principal research areas include atmosphere, water and land management - in the United States and in the developing world. The institute is engaged in a project to bring clean water and sanitation to communities in Ghana,...
LINK | 25 May 2006 | EN
EU Portal on Natural Disasters and Desertification
This page links to news and research from the European Commission, the executive arm of the 25-country European Union, which is based in Brussels, Belgium. The commission has a large environmental research programme. This includes Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES). This...
LINK | 25 May 2006 | EN
Gobabeb Training and Research Centre
The Gobabeb Training and Research Centre aims to understand the relationship between the ecology of arid environments and human activities. Its areas of focus include developing appropriate technologies that can help improve quality of life, such as fog-collection and alternative energy sources....
LINK | 25 May 2006 | EN
The Desert Research Foundation of Namibia
The DRFN provides research-based advice and training aimed at sustainable development policymakers in southern Africa. The organisation's areas of focus include managing rangelands and livestock, water, energy efficiency and combating land degradation and desertification. The DRFN also helps raise...
LINK | 25 May 2006 | EN
Earth Negotiations Bulletin
An authoritative and comprehensive newsletter covering meetings of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification – as well as all other meetings of UN environment and development-related conventions. ENB writers have high-level access to all meetings and to UN officials, which makes ENB a must-read...
LINK | 25 May 2006 | EN
World Bank Land Management
The World Bank's Land Resource Management Team's web page contains links to research and to bank-funded projects and publications in deforestation, desertification and soil degradation.
LINK | 25 May 2006 | EN
International Year of Deserts and Desertification (2006)
2006 is the International Year of Deserts and Desertification, as designated by the 58th session of the UN General Assembly. World Environment Day on 5 June 2006 and will focus exclusively on this topic. This is the International Year's official website. It contains a brief introduction to deserts...
LINK | 25 May 2006 | EN
UN Convention to Combat Desertification
The UN convention's 179 member countries have agreed to make combating desertification a national priority for ten years. A conference of member countries (known as parties) takes place every two years to make decisions. The convention's secretariat is in Bonn. The convention's website contains all...
LINK | 25 May 2006 | EN
Global Environment Facility - Land Degradation
Land degradation is one of five priority areas for the GEF, the main UN funding agency for environment and development projects. Between 2002 and 2005, the agency invested some $250 million in projects that incorporated good land management practice into national development plans. This website...
LINK | 25 May 2006 | EN
International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics
ICRISAT is a non-profit, apolitical, international organisation devoted to science-based agricultural development. It is one of the 16 Future Harvest centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Its research focuses on the farming systems of the semi-arid tropical areas...
LINK | 2 June 2003 | EN
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