State Forestry Administration, P. R. China

Ministry of Finance, P. R. China

 

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

 

 

As a major environmental issue threatening human being’s livelihood and development, land degradation has attracted extensive attention from international communities. Combating land degradation, maintaining ecosystem security and achievement of the sustainable development has become a common task worldwide in the 21st century. The world has made persistent efforts in pursuit of the most effective approaches to combat land degradation.

 

Nearly 40% of China’s lands are dryland and they provide homesteads for 100 million people, most of whom are poor and rural people of ethnic minorities. The increasingly severe land degradation has caused many problems to the economy, society and ecology of these areas. Land degradation has affected the production, the livelihood and the environmental quality of nearly a quarter of China’s population, especially those living in the dry and poor western part of China. PRC-GEF Partnership on Combating Land Degradation in Dryland Ecosystems is the first agreed partnership between the Chinese Government and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) on combating land degradation. It aims to use the Approaches and methodology of integrated ecosystem management (IEM) to combine the ecological, economic and societal purposes in western China and extend the application and demonstration in this regard, so as to realize poverty alleviation, and land degradation combating and biodiversity conservation and to achieve the multi-layer and cross-sector regional, national and global benefits.

 

With phased results achieved, PCR-GEF Partnership on Land Degradation in Dryland Ecosystems is on going well. A workshop jointly hosted by the State Forestry Administration, Ministry of Finance, GEF and ADB will be held in Beijing on 6-7 November 2008. The purpose of this workshop is to present results achieved in the first phase of the Project, to learn from and share with other countries the experience and results achieved in land degradation control, and to strengthen and consolidate the development of the Project and coordination with other Partnerships to enhance global land degradation control efforts and global environmental improvement.

 

A presentation of GEF partnerships in the key areas of land degradation and sharing experience at country and regional levels.

 

An introduction to the Capacity Building to Combat Land Degradation Project under PCR-GEF Partnership on Land Degradation in Dryland Ecosystems. Achievements in improving policies and laws for land degradation control, development in strategy and planning for combating land degradation, monitoring and evaluation system for land degradation, participatory community development planning and community environmental education.

 

To share updates on IEM conceptions and approaches applied to the natural resources management in and outside China.

 

Discussions on interaction between climate change and land degradation, forestry, land use management and land use to adapt climate change impact, and the mitigating measures.

 

Beijing, P. R. China. An announcement will be distributed once venue is identified.

 

The Organization Committee now is calling for papers under the above four topics.

 

Abstract in no more than 500 English words should be submitted before the deadline of 20 July 2008 and the full text should be submitted before the deadline of 15 October 2008. Please refer to the instruction for authors (Annex 1) provided by the Secretariat to prepare the paper. The Workshop will publish the proceedings.

 

Chinese and English are the official languages used at the workshop. The workshop provides Chinese-English simultaneous interpretation 

 

The Workshop will cover the costs of the specially invited participants. Other participants need to cover their own costs including international and local traveling expense, accommodation, and meals, etc.

 

If you are interested in the Workshop, please filling each item of the registration form to ensure that you can get detailed Workshop materials and related arrangements.

 

20 May 2008                    .Second Announcement and Call for Paper

Before 20 July 2008          .Submission of Abstracts

Before 5 October 2008      .Submission of Oral Presentation Text and PPT File

Before 15 October 2008     Submission of Full Texts

6-7 November 2008           Workshop

 

Ms. Wang Yan                         Email: gefcpmo@yahoo.cn

 

Project Management Office

PRC-GEF Partnership on Combating Land Degradation in Dryland Ecosystems

Room No.303/308, Longshaoheng Mansion, No. 18, Fifth District, Hepingli South Street, Beijing 100013

Tel.: +86-10-84210782/81/78

Fax: +86-10-84210791

Website: www.gefop12.cn

Name (in full)
Sex
Position/Title
Organization
Postal Address
Tel.
Mobile
Fax
Email
Date of birth
Valid Passport No.
Date of expiry
Presentation	□    Yes □    No
Title of Paper
Brief education background and working experiences (for presenters only)

  

…………………………………

Signature and Date

Ms. Wang Yan                         Email: gefcpmo@yahoo.cn

Copy to: Ms Wang Hong       Email:helenwang1965@yahoo.com.cn

 

Project Management Office

PRC-GEF Partnership on Combating Land Degradation in Dryland Ecosystems

Room No.303/308, Longshaoheng Mansion, No. 18, Fifth District, Hepingli South Street, Beijing 100013

Tel.: +86-10-84210782/81/78

Fax: +86-10-84210791

Website: www.gefop12.cn