ISSUE 46: JUNE-AUGUST 2007
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UNU desertification report to call for major policy shift
A new UNU analysis of the growing threat of desertification says governments must overhaul policy approaches to the issue or face mass migrations of people driven from degraded homelands.
In a briefing document to be presented June 28 at UN Headquarters, New York, UNU experts will outline a multi-point prescription for policy reform at every level of government.
Based on input of 200 experts from 25
countries convened in Algiers late last year, the analysis will urge
governments to adopt a broader, overarching view and a more coordinated,
integrated and interlinked approach to dealing with desertification,
climate change, poverty reduction and other public concerns.
“It is imperative that effective policies and sustainable agricultural
practices be put in place to reverse the decline of drylands,” says UNU
Rector Hans van Ginkel.
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