Examples of using Combating desertification in English and their translations into Danish
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Combating desertification entails the prevention of hunger and, through that, the prevention of conflict.
Between 1986 and 1989, 230 projects for combating desertification were financed amounting to ECU 1.7 billion.
To develop the forestry sector, especially in the fields of reafforestation, forest fire prevention,forest pasture and combating desertification;
In order to ensure the efficiency of the efforts in combating desertification we need integrated development systems at national, regional and international level.
In an interview with us last month, UNCCD Executive Secretary Luc Gnacadja expressed the importance of establishing such indicators,especially for financing efforts at combating desertification.
It is widely debated throughout the world,particularly in view of the significant role of forests in combating desertification, climate changes and in the preservation of biodiversity.
It is crucial that in this new system the Commission takes account of the enormous socio-economic importance of these nuts for the countries of southern Europe as well as their environmental role in combating desertification.
On the practical level, mention was made on the possibilities of cooperation in combating desertification- with the requisite regional dimension- and the possibilities of cofinancing in the developing countries.
On 26 and 27 May 1992 before the UNCED meeting, the Council held a final discussion covering financial resources, institutional aspects and practical or ganization of the Conference, as well as the Conventions on Climate Change and on Biological Diversity, the Statement on Forests, Agenda 21,the Earth Charter and the decision on combating desertification.
First, it is our opinion that the Parties to the Convention should improve their internal coordination as regards combating desertification, by taking a more integrated approach to this issue as a whole.
This means combating desertification and land degradation and enhancing agricultural productivity, halting over-exploitation of biodiversity, forests and other natural resources including oceans and inland waters; and, finally, ensuring that climate change remains within certain limits and assisting African populations to adapt to climate change.
We also regard as vital the contribution made by the agricultural population to combating desertification and the pivotal role played by producers in preserving plant cover in regions affected by persistent drought.
This proposal asks that the Commission be assisted by a standing committee on forests, as it is in many other areas; that it present an analysis of the application of this regulation with regard to its ecological, economic and social aspects, as well as a cost-benefit evaluation;that an amendment be included on the Mediterranean forests as a specific ecosystem for the southern countries and because of its importance in combating desertification and erosion.
Readers are reminded that Interreg II C(transnational cooperation projects, prevention of flooding and combating desertification) will be allocated a Community contribution of ECU 415 million over the period 1995-99.
At the Conference, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992, the Community played a leading role, both in general discussions and at the summit meeting of Heads of State or Government, which culminated in the signing of the framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity and in the adoption of the other agreements emerging from the Conference, in particular the Earth Charter, Agenda 21,the Statement on Forests and the decision on combating desertification.
Whereas the Community's scientific andtechnological research policy contributes significantly towards the conservation of the environment and combating desertification, notably through its specific programmes for scientific and technological cooperation with third countries, and also through global change activities of the Environment and Climate programme;
The political will of the Community and the Member States to safeguard and improve the natural factors of production,particularly by combating desertification, was emphatically expressed at the European Council in Milan, which considered it vital, in view of the scale of the requirements, for all sources of European aid, Com munity and bilateral, to give priority to that type of action, to make long-term commitments and to organize their contributions coherently.7.
I think that the growing awareness among governments, politicians in general, civil society and public opinion of issues concerning climate change, the environmental challenges facing us and,in particular, combating desertification, climate change and water shortages, will help us to press ahead, with confidence, optimism, and a renewed impetus in combating the serious environmental problems that we shall increasingly have to face.
Forest protection, reforestation and combatting desertification.
What European policies do we have to combat desertification?
We must combat desertification and promote the role of the soil as an agent of climate balance: that is the thrust of our directive.
In Senegal the European Development Fund is providing aid for the development of 2 500 ha of irrigated village areas under a programme to encourage self-sufficiency in food, combat desertification and improve living conditions.
We must combat desertification, climate upheaval and violent natural phenomena if we wish to halve extreme poverty, combat epidemics and ensure that everyone has access to water, which is an essential requirement.
Planting trees helps to combat desertification.
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
Subject: European plan of action to combat desertification.
The theme of the conference was'Strategies to combat desertification in the Mediterranean countries.
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification recently wrapped up their ninth Conference of the Parties.
In writing.- I am supporting this joint resolution regarding the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the ongoing meeting in Madrid.
We also think it is important, at regional and international level,to step up such cooperation as well as cooperation to combat desertification.