BAN SAYS MEASURED PROGRESS NEEDED TO HALT AND REVERSE LAND DEGRADATION

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Date: 23 Sep 2013 16:00:00 -0400
Subject: BAN SAYS MEASURED PROGRESS NEEDED TO HALT AND REVERSE LAND DEGRADATION
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BAN SAYS MEASURED PROGRESS NEEDED TO HALT AND REVERSE LAND
DEGRADATIONNew York, Sep 23 2013 4:00PMUrging a global paradigm shift
towards land stewardship, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
today stressed the need to work with countries and local communities
to protect and sustain the world's fragile drylands and restore
degraded land.

In his message to the eleventh Conference of Parties of the UN
Convention on Desertification, Mr Ban said: "You meet as Namibia faces
severe drought. The United Nations system stands ready to continue to
support your efforts to mitigate its effects and build resilience."

More broadly, he said desertification and land degradation threaten
the livelihoods, well-being and sustainable development of at least 1
billion people. Further, climate change is already having an impact in
the drylands of Africa.

Some areas have already seen temperature rise by 2 degrees Celsius.
Long periods of drought, famine and deepening poverty continue to
impoverish and depopulate vast areas.

In defining the post-2015 development agenda, the international
community must make measurable progress "to halt and reverse land
degradation, which threatens the livelihoods, well-being and
sustainable development of at least 1 billion people," read Mr. Ban's
message, which was delivered by Assistant Secretary-General Mr. Luc
Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat
Desertification.

During the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, world
leaders acknowledged the threat of desertification, land degradation
and drought in all regions, and especially for developing countries.

"Healthy land is a prerequisite for food and water security and
necessary to avert political instability and to support climate change
resilience and preserve valuable biodiversity," Mr. Ban said.Sep 23
2013 4:00PM
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