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17 June World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2019 Theme, Aim, Significance
17 June: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2019 Theme, Aim, Significance
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (WDCDD) is celebrated every year on 17 June 2019 around the world.
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought aims to promote public awareness about the presence of desertification and drought, highlighting methods of preventing desertification and also about international efforts to combat desertification.
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is a unique occasion that serves as a reminder global community that desertification can be effectively tackled and that solutions are possible with tools such as strengthening community participation and cooperation at all levels.
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2019 Theme is- 'Let’s Grow the Future Together', which reflects on 25 years of progress and envisioning next 25 years.
The 25th anniversary Convention on 17 June 2019 was held in Ankara, Turkey. It was hosted by the government of Turkey.
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought was proclaimed on 30 January 1995 by United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) resolution A/RES/49/115, after the day when United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was drafted. In 2019, UNCCD also celebrates 25 years of progress made by countries on sustainable land management.
According to the United Nation (UN), Desertification means degradation of land in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas and that Desertification does not refer to the expansion of existing deserts.
As per United Nation (UN), the world is losing 24 billion tons of fertile soil every year and National Domestic Product (NDP) in developing countries is reduced by up to 8 % annually due to dryland degradation.
