Drylands Development Centre

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Working with people to fight poverty in the drylands of the world
UNDP's Drylands Development Centre specializes in assisting countries to fight poverty and encourage developme nt in the drier parts of the world. The Centre located in Nairobi, Kenya, is one of the three UNDP Thematic Centres around the world. More...

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What's New

The United Nations Commission of Sustainable Development (CSD 17) 4-15 May 2009 session addressed the thematic issues of agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification in Africa.  UNDP-DDC, together with UNEP, have produced joint papers on mitigation and adaptation options to climate change in the drylands of africa, available here

Land Management Topics

MDGs in the Drylands

Activity Report 2002-2006