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Event

05 May 2022

2030 Making the Great Green Wall in the Sahel a success; Scientific research in action

The 15th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification takes place from 9 to 20 May 2022 in Abidjan.
The African Great Green Wall project : publication of a new CSFD Topic Brief
Just published

23 October 2019

The African Great Green Wall project : publication of a new CSFD Topic Brief

Publication of a new dossier dedicated to desertification monitoring by remote sensing
Just published

28 March 2019

Publication of a new dossier dedicated to desertification monitoring by remote sensing

Transhumance of a Fulani herd from Niger to southern Burkina Faso. © B. Toutain
Just published

20 January 2013

CSFD announces the publication of the "Dossier thématique" on Pastoralism in drylands...

Event

05 May 2022

Friday 13 May Participate in the debate organized by the CSFD on 1pm-3pm (Abidjan local time, i.e. 3pm-5pm Paris time)

Participate in the debate organized by the CSFD on Friday 13 May, 1pm-3pm (Abidjan local time, i.e. 3pm-5pm Paris time)
Jean-Luc Chotte, new CSFD Chair
Event

29 June 2020

Jean-Luc Chotte, new CSFD Chair

Jean-Luc Chotte, Senior Scientist at IRD, has been appointed Chairman of the French Scientific Committee on Desertification by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation for a three-year term.
The French Scientific Committee on Desertification at UNCCD COP14
Event

05 September 2019

The French Scientific Committee on Desertification at UNCCD COP14

Publication of "Ecological engineering for sustainable agriculture in arid and semiarid West african regions"
Just published

19 April 2018

Publication of "Ecological engineering for sustainable agriculture in arid and semiarid West african regions"

GGW path with a simulated 15 km width (image NASA-MODIS)
Just published

10 February 2013

The African Great Green Wall project: what advice can scientists provide?

The CSFD is at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille
Event

06 September 2021

The CSFD is at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille

The IUCN World Conservation Congress takes place from September 3 to 11, 2021 in Marseille, France.
English version of the last CSFD dossier on gender issues in drylands areas
Just published

03 June 2020

English version of the last CSFD dossier on gender issues in drylands areas

Women’s resource access rights more precarious, under-rated and -valued work, under-representation in decision-making and leadership structures…
Desertif’actions 2019: near 400 actors in combating desertification met in Burkina Faso
Event

03 July 2019

Desertif’actions 2019: near 400 actors in combating desertification met in Burkina Faso

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