De 168 nationer er en markant stigning i forhold til tidligere undersøgelser, der viste, at 110 lande havde problemer med ørkendannelse, skriver FN-organ, der i disse dage diskuterer, hvordan man forhindrer ørkenen i at brede sig yderligere. BONN, Sunday, 14.04.2013: Desertification, the degradation of the land in the world’s dryland areas, now affects 168 countries that are Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the latest reports submitted by the Parties show, writes United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Sunday. This is much higher than previous estimations of 110 countries. Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD made the revelation today during the opening of the eleventh session of the Convention’s subsidiary body that reviews progress in the Convention’s implementation – the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC). CRIC 11 is meeting from 15-19 April in Bonn, Germany. “We are at the half-way point of implementing the 10-year strategy for 2008-2018. Preliminary results from the latest reporting shows that some of the targets have been met, but the policy-related targets are far from being achieved,” Gnacadja said. “This interssessional meeting of the CRIC is vitally important. It gives Parties and observers a chance to discuss and learn from each other about what works and what needs more work in terms of addressing drought and land degradation in drylands,” said Mary Rowen, Chair of CRIC 11. “We are at a point where we are examining our impact indicators and are also looking at progress on some of our process indicators. We are looking forward to a robust and lively exchange of views on implementation of the first four operational objectives of the 10-year strategy,” she added. These first four operational objectives are advocacy, awareness raising and education, the alignment of national policy frameworks with the 10- Year Strategy, science, technology and knowledge, and, lastly, capacity building. Læs mere her: http://www.unccd.int/en/media-center/MediaNews/Pages/highlightdetail.aspx?HighlightID=187
