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The DESIRE project is part of the European Union's on-going commitment to provide science and technology support to the UNCCD. To this end we have written a number of briefing and other documents as contributions to the debates at the Conferences of Parties and Committees for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention.

Documents

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Achieving UNCCD's 10 Year Plan Achieving UNCCD's 10 Year Plan

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To coincide with the United Nations General Assembly, 20th September 2011 at which desertification and land degradation was discussed in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, DESIRE compiled this response to the UNCCD's 10 Year Plan Strategic Objective 2.

DESIRE and zero growth DESIRE and zero growth

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Briefing document prepared as a contribution to the UNCCP COP10 (Changwon, October 2011) side event "Knowledge brokering models for UNCCD: approaches towards bridging policy science and practice".

Engaging with people affected by desertification Engaging with people affected by desertification

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Briefing document prepared as a contribution to the UNCCP COP10 (Changwon, October 2011) side event "Knowledge brokering models for UNCCD: approaches towards bridging policy science and practice".

Food security in drylands Food security in drylands

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Although most people can agree on the importance of food security, there are many, often widely divergent, ideas on the kind of political and technological interventions that are needed to achieve global food security. Research findings from different agroecological zones warn us about the danger of making generalisations about the sorts of challenges (or “scenarios”) we are likely to face in future; rather, the latest research emphasises the need to adapt interventions to local ecological, social and political circumstances.

 

Author: Karen Witsenburg, Both ENDS Amsterdam, 2012

Is the UNCCD stuck in a knowledge traffic jam? Is the UNCCD stuck in a knowledge traffic jam?

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Paper presented by DESIRE (in collaboration with enID and Drynet) to the CRIC, Istanbul, Turkey, November 2008.

Putting knowledge into action Putting knowledge into action

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Briefing document prepared as a contribution to the UNCCP COP10 (Changwon, October 2011) side event "Knowledge brokering models for UNCCD: approaches towards bridging policy science and practice".
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Acknowledgement

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The DESIRE project was 
co-funded by the 
European Commission, 
Global Change and 
Ecosystem.
 
DESIRE brought together the expertise of
26 international research institutes
and non-governmental organisations. 
This website does not necessarily 
represent the opinion of the 
European Commission. The European 
Commission is not responsible for 
any use that might be made of the 
information contained herein.

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