2012 World Day to Combat Desertification

Submitted by Anonymous on 29 February 2012 - 2:40am

The 2012 celebration of World Day to Combat Desertification, an annual event on 17 June, will focus on the theme "Healthy soil sustains your life: LET’S GO LAND-DEGRADATION NEUTRAL". In 2012, World Day to Combat Desertification falls three days before the start of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), and the global observance is planned to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/2012-world-day-to-combat-desertification/ ]

From Date: 
17 June 2012 - 18 June 2012
Event Venue: 

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Event Website: 
http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/2012-world-day-to-combat-desertification/