International Year of Deserts and Desertification

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The year 2006 was declared the International Year of Deserts and Desertification by the United Nations General Assembly.[1]

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[edit] Objectives

The Year's Objective is to spread awareness about the desert areas of the world and especially the problem of desertification.

[edit] Themes

The Year’s research themes are deserts and especially the problem of desertification.

[edit] References

  1. ^ United Nations General Assembly Resolution 211 session 58 International Year of Deserts and Desertification, 2006 page 2 on 23 December 2003

[edit] See also

[edit] External links
Women (1975) • The Child (1979) • Disabled Persons (1981) • Youth (1985) • Peace (1986) • Space (1992) • Family (1994) • Tolerance (1995)
Older Persons (1999) • Culture of Peace (2000) • Mobilization against Racism (2001) • Rice (2004) • Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (2004)
Microcredit (2005) • Physics (2005) • Deserts and Desertification (2006) • The Dolphin (2007-2008) • Languages (2008) • The Potato (2008) • Sanitation (2008)
Astronomy (2009) • Natural Fibres (2009) • Biodiversity (2010) • Youth (2010-2011) • Forests (2011) • Chemistry (2011)
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