COMBAT DESERTIFICATION

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                    [Title] => UNCCD chief calls for more attention on elders in disaster relief
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Policy-makers should pay more attention on the elderly in natural calamities while adopting smart strategies for disaster prevention, says the chief of the UN's anti-desertification agency.

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                    [Title] => World Day Observance: Siquijor moves to stop desertification
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A total of 1,500 guyabano tree seedlings have been planted in the bald areas of Larena and Enrique Villanueva towns in Siquijor, during the province’s observance of the World Day to Combat Desertification last June 17.
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                    [Title] => BSWM highlights role in  addressing desertification
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As the observance of the World Day to Combat Desertification approaches, country parties to the United Nation Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) agree that the soil is a key for securing water, energy and building resilience to climate change.
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                    [Title] => Xinhua, UN institutions launch global media campaign on environment protection
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A global media campaign aimed at alerting the public across the world to  the need for environment protection was launched here Sunday.
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                    [Title] => 'Global efforts needed in combating desertification'
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A senior UN environmental official called on Saturday for joint efforts  by the international community and governments to fight against  desertification.
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                    [Title] => Pacific nations prepare to combat desertification
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 Pacific island countries are preparing in one voice for the biannual United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) that will take place in South Korea in October.
 
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                    [Title] => ASEAN biodiversity expert is 2009 outstanding Filipino professional
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The executive director of the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity (ACB) was chosen 2009 Outstanding Professional in the field of Forestry by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
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                    [Title] => Cities becoming stressful
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A recent international poll by the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Manila as one of the toughest places in the world to live, making it one of the least “livable” cities in the world.
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                    [Title] => Lorenzo leads UN effort to combat desertification
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abtest

UNCCD chief calls for more attention on elders in disaster relief

October 12, 2014 - 4:01pm

Policy-makers should pay more attention on the elderly in natural calamities while adopting smart strategies for disaster prevention, says the chief of the UN's anti-desertification agency.

World

World Day Observance: Siquijor moves to stop desertification

By Renan L. Ansing | June 20, 2012 - 12:00am

A total of 1,500 guyabano tree seedlings have been planted in the bald areas of Larena and Enrique Villanueva towns in Siquijor, during the province’s observance of the World Day to Combat Desertification last...

Freeman Region

BSWM highlights role in addressing desertification

May 6, 2012 - 12:00am

As the observance of the World Day to Combat Desertification approaches, country parties to the United Nation Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) agree that the soil is a key for securing water, energy and...

Agriculture

Xinhua, UN institutions launch global media campaign on environment protection

April 22, 2012 - 1:00pm

A global media campaign aimed at alerting the public across the world to the need for environment protection was launched here Sunday.

'Global efforts needed in combating desertification'

December 18, 2011 - 4:00pm

A senior UN environmental official called on Saturday for joint efforts by the international community and governments to fight against desertification.

Pacific nations prepare to combat desertification

September 5, 2011 - 2:23pm

 Pacific island countries are preparing in one voice for the biannual United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) that will take place in South Korea in October.  

ASEAN biodiversity expert is 2009 outstanding Filipino professional

June 21, 2009 - 12:00am

The executive director of the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity (ACB) was chosen 2009 Outstanding Professional in the field of Forestry by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

The Good News

Cities becoming stressful

By ROSES & THORNS | By Alejandro R. Roces | June 16, 2009 - 12:00am

A recent international poll by the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Manila as one of the toughest places in the world to live, making it one of the least “livable” cities in the world.

Opinion

Lorenzo leads UN effort to combat desertification

June 16, 2003 - 12:00am

ABU DHABI – Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr. has pulled off a coup of sorts here when he engineered the quick approval of an impressive multi-nation agreement assuring an array of huge financial aid package...

Business