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The UNCCD: Laying the groundwork for future security (2014-2015)
… The UNCCD: Laying the groundwork for future security (2014-2015) As the new Executive Secretary of the … and the Global Mechanism will, in particular, work on: Food Security Globally we face increasing demand for food and a growing productivity yield gap. In economic terms, …
Desertification: the invisible frontline
… wars for survival. if we are to restore peace, security and international stability in a context where … fight or flight. DeclInIng opTIons, global consequences FooD (In)securITy - FarmIng ourselves InTo exTIncTIon in 2008, food insecurity triggered riots in over 30 countries. But it …
The Land in Numbers
… impacts – like land degradation and drought - are national security issues.2 • In 2008, more than 60 food riots occurred worldwide in 30 different countries, 10 … as vital natural capital, we can make a positive impact on food and water security while coping with a changing climate. …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… 2,300 scientists, working in the fields of agriculture, food, biodiversity and the environment, much of their work … is a global research partnership for a food secure future. The CGIAR aims to reduce rural poverty, improve food security, human health and nutrition and encourage more …
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… and/or establishment of the early warning systems and food security; development of sustainable irrigation programmes; …
Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
… pertinent provisions of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Cognizant of the … (e.g. domestic heating and small industrial boilers); (e) Food industry; (f ) Iron and steel industry; (g) Handling and … sources Catalytic converters Thermal reactors E. Food industry 50. The food industry sector covers a wide …
Handbook of The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
… and other terrestrial ecosystems and (b) the aquatic food web and fisheries, as well as possible inhibition of … Particular attention must be given to the impact on food production in the developing world and to development of …