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Wednesday, 7 May, 2008
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Thematic Session: Agriculture and Rural Development
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The morning thematic session on Agriculture and Rural Development, chaired by CSD-16 Vice-Chair Sasa Ojdanic (Serbia), featured panelists Sergio Miranda da Cruz (UNIDO), Puneetha Palakurthi (Southern New Hampshire University), Colien Hefferan (USDA) and Arne Cartridge (Yara International ASA). Panelists and participants discussed issues including non-farm activities such as agribusiness, rural enterprise development, micro-finance and micro-credit, and investment in agriculture and rural infrastructure.
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Sergio Miranda da Cruz (UNIDO).
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Puneetha Palakurthi (Southern New Hampshire University).
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Arne Cartridge (Yara International ASA).
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Morocco.
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Papua New Guinea.
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Jamaica.
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Thematic Session: Drought
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The morning thematic session on drought, chaired by CSD-16 Vice-Chair Daniel Carmon (Israel), featured panelists Scott Christiansen (ICARDA), Enos Esikuri (World Bank), Estanbacio Castro Diaz (International Indian Treaty Council) and Anada Tiega (Ramsar Secretariat). Panelists and participants discussed impacts of drought on hunger and poverty, climate change and water scarcity, building drought resilience, drought preparedness and responses to drought, and monitoring and early warning.
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Scott Christiansen (ICARDA).
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Estanbacio Castro Diaz (IITC).
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Anada Tiega (Ramsar Secretariat).
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Janil Greenaway (Antigua and Barbuda, for the G-77/China)
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Benito Jimenez Sauma (Mexico).
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Bob Turnock (Canada).
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Thematic Session: Land
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The afternoon thematic session on land, chaired by CSD-16 Vice-Chair Tri Tharyat (Indonesia), featured panelists Jolyne Sanjak (MCC), Clarissa Augustinus (UN-HABITAT), Erick Fernandes (World Bank), Omara Amuko (IUFAWA) and Michael Taylor (International Land Coalition). Panelists and participants discussed land and livelihoods, climate change and land use change, integrated land use planning and management, and information systems and tools for land use planning.
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Jolyne Sanjak (Millennium Challenge Corporation).
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Michael Taylor (International Land Coalition).
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Omara Amuko (UIFAWA).
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Nandhini Iyer Krishna (UNCCD Liaison Office).
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Children and Youth.
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Norway.
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Thematic Session: Desertification
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The afternoon thematic session on desertification, chaired by CSD-16 Vice-Chair Daniel Carmon (Israel), featured panelists Jeff Herrick (USDA-ARS), Sanjay Kumar (Ministry of Natural Resources, India), Nancy Kgengwenyane (Okavango Integrated River Basin Management Project) and Uriel Safriel (Hebrew University). Panelists and participants discussed the global dimensions of desertification, desertification and poverty, relationships between agricultural and pastoral practices and desertification, land degradation and desertification, monitoring and early warning of desertification, and the impact of desertification on climate change.
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Uriel Safriel (Hebrew University).
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Jeff Herrick (USDA-ARS).
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Nancy Kgengwenyane (Okavango Integrated River Basin Management Projects).
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Mary Rowen (United States).
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Moustafa El Hakeem (Egypt).
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France.
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Side Events
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UNCCD offered a morning course in the Learning Centre on "Designing Integrated Financing Strategies for Combating Desertification."
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At lunchtime, Heifer International presented a side event on "The Value of Livestock Based Livelihoods in Africa."
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In the evening, a side event on "Agricultural Productivity: Meeting the Sustainability Challenge" was presented by Croplife International, the International Fertilizer Industry Association, the International Federation of Agricultural Producers and the International Council for Science.
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The Government of Spain organized a side event on the International Exposition Agua Zaragoza 2008, which will be held from 14 June to 14 September in Zaragoza, Spain on the theme "Water and Sustainable Development." Following the presentation, a panel discussed "Water shortage, Drought and Climate Change" in the context of Expo Zaragoza 2008.
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Around CSD-16
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While participants moved forward with their discussions, nearby tourists sailed in circles.
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Delegates from Italy and the US chatted in the morning. |
NGOs handed out their daily newsletter. |
Clifton Curtis (Varda Group) listened to discussions. |
