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31 March - 4 April 2019.  Cairo.  Land and Water Days in the NENA Region 2019  : 1 April:  Governance of Oases ecosystems: Challenges and perspectives NENA oases overview : a strategic role for a fragile ecosystem, Noureddine Nasr (see picture)   FAOSNE "We are looking for new tools and technologies for the youth to remain motivated to work and live in the oasis. And this will be different from the past." Presentation of the Maghreb advocacy strategy for the oases conservation : towards an international strategy, Patrice Burger  (see picture)   , President of the associative network for the oases sustainable development (RADDO) "Degradated land are degradated lifes" "One third of the world population are hosted in drylands. If nobody works on the oasis the oasis will collapse" "Oasis can learn us a lot about agricultural intensification" The importance of social and economic innovations through traditional water system management: Aflaj of Oman, ...

31 March - 4 April 2019. Cairo. Land and Water Days in the NENA Region 2019  : 1 April: Session: Halting land degradation Combating land degradation to promote sustainability, resilience and food security Land degradation and desertification (LDD) are increasing with alarming effects in the Near East and North Africa (NENA region), and is impacting the livelihoods of communities, their food security and likelihood of migration. The process is influenced by the socio-economic dynamic and conflict and is aggravated by climate change.  Desertification is nowhere more serious than in the NENA region. Soil erosion results in losses of soil nutrients, loss of soil organic carbon and declined productivity. Approximately 60% (135 million ha) of soil is eroded by wind, which can result in Sand and Dust Storms (SDS) under certain conditions, and causing loses of about USD 13 billion in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) every year.  Growing population and the increasing demand for r...

11-15 March 2019 . Nairobi. Fourth biennial United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) . The assembly focused on innovative solutions for environmental challenges and sustainable consumption and production .  Increasing numbers of consumers are aware of the importance of their consumption choices and care about environmental issues. For some, sustainable consumption means to purchase less, to select environmentally friendly products that are the result of fair trade or to share purchased goods. However, many do not translate their concerns into action as, for example, the purchase-decision making process is far more complicated and relies on social, political, economic and psychological factors, as well as on the price of the product. For people who want to pursue more sustainable living, in many cases, better options are not available, affordable, or effective. Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Consumption The multi-stakeholder dialogue provided an opportunity to discuss how p...

11-14 February 2019.  Jodhpur, India. The 13th International Conference on Dryland Development , with the theme "Converting Dryland Areas from Grey into Green", is organized by IDDC (International Dryland Development Commission) and the Arid Zone Research Association of India (AZRAI) and hosted by the ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI). Gajendra Singh Shekhawat‏   (Indian Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) addressed the Inaugural Session Drylands cover about 41% of earth’s land area and are home to ~38% of world population. A majority (90%) of the people of this ecosystem live in developing countries. With fragile natural resource base, achieving food security in drylands has been a great challenge. With the threat of climate change looming large and additional threat of massive out-migration, the livelihoods of more than 2 billion people who live in these areas, will be further at risk . The efforts of the research and development commu...