Acción Contra la Desertificación

Events - 2013

On 16 and 17 December 2013, the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD and FAO, under the auspices of the African Union Commission, have organized an international forum to promote a common vision of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and...

On 20 November 2013, the African Union Commission, European Union, FAO, UNCCD Institutions, the World Bank and the GEF Secretariat are organizing a side event to present the status of implementation of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and...

The workshop is organized by the Partnership Programme of the Association for the Promotion of Education and Training Abroad (APEFE) with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security of Burkina Faso, the African Union Commission, the European Union, Food and Agriculture...

In 2007, the African Heads of State and Governments endorsed the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI) with the objective of tackling the detrimental social, economic and environmental impacts of land degradation and desertification in...

With the  financial support of the Turkish International Cooperation Agency (TIKA), FAO in collaboration with the Turkish Ministry of Water and Forest Affairs, TIKA, the  Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Senegal and its technical Institutions (Directorate of Water, Forests,...