24/02/2011
As part of the programming of the ninth
session of the Committee for the Review
of the Implementation of the UN Convention
to Combat Desertification (CRIC9) in Bonn,
Germany, Brazil announced yesterday (February
23) the results of the implementation of
the National Action Program to Combat Desertification
and Mitigate the Effects of Drought, the
PAN-Brazil.
The objective was to
demonstrate the importance of a broad relationship
between government, civil society and international
institutions for the development and implementation
of actions aimed at combating desertification
and mitigating the effects of droughts.
Issues such as the establishment of partnerships
and the mobilization of financial resources
for land sustainable management have been
addressed from different perspectives.
Due to Brazil's continental
dimensions, the implementation of PAN-Brazil,
launched in 2004, involves the joint work
of the Ministries of the Environment (MMA),
Social Development (MDS), National Integration
(MI) and Mines and Energy (MME), and was
planned from the beginning in close cooperation
with the states affected by desertification.
"We want to combat
desertification by using productive actions
that promote local development with social
inclusion and environmental sustainability",
said Francis Campello, who works for the
MMA and is participating in the meeting
in Boon.
"Brazil has good
practices in combating desertification.
This draws the attention of the international
community, interested in the transfer of
knowledge in this area", said Campello.
The ninth session of
the Committee for the Review of the Implementation
of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification
ends this Friday, February 25, 2011.
Further information on the event is available
on www.unccd.int/cop/cric9/menu.php
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BASIC countries meet
in India to discuss climate change
28/02/2011
Environment ministers from BASIC countries
- Brazil, South Africa, India and China
- met this weekend in New Delhi (India)
to assess the post-Cancun climate change
policy and discuss coordination for talks
at the Durban conference in December 2011.
The meeting was the first major international
meeting of any group of countries since
December 2010, when Cancun Agreement was
reached in Mexico.
The two-day meeting
was held in a 'BASIC Plus' format, with
the participation of three invited countries:
Argentina, Algeria and the Maldives. This
was the sixth meeting of the environment
ministers of the BASIC group, which was
formed in Beijing (China) in November 2009.
