Speakers at UN conference stress reversing desertification to combat poverty

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, October 17, 2011

Speakers at UN conference stress reversing desertification to combat poverty:

Key speakers at the United Nations conference in the Republic of Korea on combating desertification today stressed that restoring degraded lands is crucial to addressing some global challenges, including poverty, food scarcity and the loss of the ...

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Speakers at UN conference stress reversing desertification to combat poverty

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