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Miros, Named after Miros birds! A gift from humming tranquility to Pools of gold! Their eye and limb got damaged and had to be replaced

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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought arises on June 17 of every year. The primary purpose of the day is to highlight the ways to prevent desertification and recover from the drought. The day also aims to increase the visibility of the drylands issue on the environmental agenda. World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is the perfect day to remind everybody that desertification can be efficiently tackled, that solutions are possible, and that key tools to this aim lay in strengthened community participation and co-operation at different levels.

“Without a long-term solution, desertification and land degradation will not only affect food supply but lead to increased migration and threaten the stability of many nations and regions. This is why world leaders made land degradation neutrality one of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.” – General Ban Ki-moon

History of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly announced June 17 as the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. The assembly recognized that desertification and drought were the main global problems as they affect all regions of the world. The meeting also realized that joint action by the international community was required to combat desertification and drought, particularly in Africa. The States were asked to devote the World Day to promoting awareness of the necessity for international participation to combat desertification and the effects of drought and also the implementation of the Convention to Conflict Desertification. After then, the country parties to the UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification), stakeholders and non-governmental organizations to celebrate the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought with some Worldwide activities on June 17 each year.

Themes of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

The past Themes of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought are listed below

2003: International Year of Deserts and Desertification (IYDD).

2004: Social Dimensions of Desertification: Migration and Poverty.

2005: Women and Desertification.

2006: The Beauty of Deserts – The Challenge of Desertification.

2007: Desertification and Climate Change – One Global Challenge.

2008: Combating land degradation for sustainable agriculture.

2009: Conserving land and energy = Securing our common future.

2015: Attainment of food security for all through sustainable food systems.

2016: Inclusive cooperation for achieving Land Degradation Neutrality.

2017: Link between land degradation and migration.

2018: Land has true value. Invest in it.

2019: Let’s Grow the Future Together

2020: Food. Feed.Fibre. – the links between consumption and land.

2021: Restoration, Land, and Recovery.

2022: Rising from drought together.

How to celebrate World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

On World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, promotional events may include the distribution of awareness raising materials, like fact sheets, calendars, posters, and postcards, to educational organizations and the general public. The day also features the educational case studies, forums or discussions on drought and desertification, its associations with society and steps to minimize the problem.

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Humming, Echos and Pools!

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Pools of gold, An older iterator who lives on top of a waterfall with a huge lake behind her, I wonder what ever happened to her?

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Humming tranquility, isn’t she so cute? She is so short too, Her and her Girlfriend pools

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