12 October 2015
Ankara - Combating desertification and adaptation to climate change have been part of the way of life of people from the Sahara and Sahel since times immemorial. Over the centuries, they have displayed great of inventiveness and ingenuity to manage...
Desertif'actions is the Civil society International Forum dedicated to land degradation and combating desertification. The forum will bring together over 300 stakeholders and 12,350 participants from over 100 countries expected, from June 10th to 13th 2015 in Montpellier (France).
Civil society organizations,...
19 January 2015
Drylands cover more than 40 percent of the world’s land area. Almost a third of the world’s population and some half of the global livestock are found here. Most people are poor and many subsist on less than US$1 per...
12 January 2015
From the 12th to the 16th january 2015, FAO organized a training workshop on "Baseline assessment and ongoing monitoring of agrosilvopastoral systems with Collect Earth". This workshop aimed to develop technical capacities of Monitoring and Evaluation Experts of the “Action Against...
25 August 2014
From the 25th to 29th August 2014, Chad hosted the second edition of the Africa Drylands Week under the theme: “2014: Year of Agriculture and food security in Africa: The role of Sustainable Land Management”. The event was organized by...