2006 International Year of Deserts and Desertification

African Drought Risk & Development Network

Children’s Painting Competition on the WED Theme

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
web site on desertification

International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2006 - Protect Biodiversity in Drylands!

International conference on desertification, hunger and poverty Geneva, 11-12 April 2006

General Assembly Resolution A/Res/58/211, 2006: International Year for deserts & Desertification

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – Drylands Development Centre

UNEP Programme on Success Stories in Land Degradation/ Desertification Control

UNEP Sasakawa Prize

UNEP's Strategy on Land Use Management and Soil Conservation

World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
Global Climate - Desertification

Yann Arthus-Bertrand - Algeria

Yann Arthus-Bertrand - Algeria From Above