21 October 2011
No. 1489
Director General William Dar participates in the UNCCD-COP10 ministerial high-level session on science and policy to address land degradation and drought.
At the UNCCD COP10 ministerial high-level session
Independent science panel proposed to deal with desertification Global partnership is vital in dealing with desertification that degrades more than 12 million hectares of arable land every year affecting some of the poorest and most food-insecure people worldwide. Along this line, the 193-nation party to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) gathered for its tenth Conference of the Parties (COP10) in Changwon, Republic of Korea on 10-21 October to discuss what can be done to address challenges related to land degradation and drought.
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t the high-level segment of the tenth session of the COP on 17-18 October, ministers and other heads of delegation held three ministerial round tables, where they discussed responses to emerging challenges as they relate to desertification, land degradation and drought. Director General William Dar served as a panel member at Round Table III on “Harnessing science knowledge for combating desertification, land
degradation and drought: The path to improvement.� During the session, participants discussed the interface between science and policy to enhance the level of scientific process within the UNCCD. As a follow-up of the conclusions and recommendations from the UNCCD 1st Scientific Conference in 2009, the proposed establishment of a scientific advisory panel on land and soil degradation was raised during the dialogue. In his to page 2 ...4