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Visit
the Secretariat of
the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
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the First Session of the Committee for the Review of the
Implementation of the Convention (CRIC1)
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First Session of the Committee for the Review
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the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC1)
Rome,
Italy |
11 - 22 November 2002
Wednesday
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the Global Interactive Dialogue and in the afternoon to present statements
to the Plenary.
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Introducing the Global Interactive
Dialogue (GID), CRIC Chair Biaou said that the aim is to give
participants an opportunity to stimulate debate and address the main
desertification issues in relation to the theme "CCD as a key
instrument for sustainable land use and poverty eradication." He noted
that the GID would comprise of three segments: an introduction by the
Chairperson of the CRIC; a panel discussion; and an open dialogue
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Boureima Wankaye (Société Achat Services International) described the
initiatives that his company has taken in combating desertification
and eradicating poverty through the development, production and
marketing of gum acacia. He said the success of his company has had a
multiplier affect across the subregional, leading to the development
of similar initiatives in Mali, Senegal, and Chad. |
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Manfred Kern (Bayer CropScience) said that multinational companies can
play important roles in assisting in combating desertification and
that countries must make efforts to engage and provide incentives to
these companies so that private sector tools can be used more
extensively to assist in CCD implementation. |
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Willem van Cotthem, representing the scientific community, advocated
complementarity between traditional knowledge and modern technologies
and recommended selecting successful case studies to create a widely
applicable model to combat desertification. |
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Philip Dobie (UNDP) highlighted the role that UNDP can play with
regard to institutional capacity building and resource mobilization
and stressed the need to enhance the integration of NAP-related issues
into UNDP programmes. |
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Links
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Text
of the convention and useful information
CCD information on
desertification and the Convention
Official
Documents of the First Session of the CRIC
Press release on the CRIC
CRIC1 - Tentative
Schedule
Adoption of the Agenda and Organization of Work
Arrangements for the First Session of the Committee for the Review of the
Implementation of the Convention
Linkages
desertification issues page and
COP-5
summary report.
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