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    PROJECT FOR MITIGATING LAND DEGRADATION AND REDUCING POVERTY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS DISCUSSED

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    18.03.2010 20:26 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ REC Caucasus organized the first Meeting of the
    Steering Committee on "Sustainable Land Management for Mitigating Land
    Degradation and Reducing Poverty in the South Caucasus Region" Project
    in all 3 countries of South Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

    The need of regional cooperation in combating desertification has been
    stressed at the International Conference on the Issues of Draught and
    Desertification in the Countries of the South Caucasus hosted by REC
    Caucasus in 2002. Even though desertification has intensified over the
    past years in the South Caucasus region, no measures have been taken
    at the regional level to address this problem. The program launched
    in 2009 year and covers Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

    The overall objective of the project is to ensure continued ecosystem
    functions and integrity, reduce poverty and enhance food security
    and income for rural farmers in the South Caucasus countries by
    combating desertification, strengthening the natural resource base
    and revitalizing the agricultural sector.

    The meetings were attended by representatives of REC Caucasus
    and CENN, organizations implementing the above mentioned project,
    "Ruzgar" (partner organization in Azerbaijan), "Green Lane" (partner
    organization in Armenia), and members of steering committee. The
    members of steering committee represented the authorities, NGOs and
    scientific circles involved in the project.

    REC Caucasus representatives made the presentation on "Sustainable
    Land Management for Mitigating Land Degradation and Reducing Poverty
    in the South Caucasus Region" Project: its goals, objectives,
    expected results etc. The Committee members were familiarized with
    their duties, in particular to provide consultation to the project
    national coordinator, to monitor the project implementation and to
    facilitate implementation of the project at the governmental level.

    Implemented activities in 2009-2010 years and future work plan were
    also presented to the Committee members. The Steering Committee Members
    discussed the Project work plan for 2009/2010 years and made several
    comments, especially they stressed the necessity of deeper research
    of soil in the Region.

    In Armenia the Committee members stressed the need for the strategy of
    agriculture development which will be the guideline for the future
    activities. On the meeting of Azerbaijan Steering Committee the
    problem of the lack of knowledge in the region about the rational
    use of land for agriculture was mentioned. The elaboration of the
    guidelines for the soil research was named as one of the most crucial
    issues in Georgia.

    The next meeting was scheduled for late May.
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