First global scientific conference supporting UN efforts to curb desertification opens in Argentina
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 00:30
in Earth & Climate
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (23 September 2009) -- As climate change negotiators continue to skirt the role of agricultural land use in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, top scientists working on land management in the world's vast dry areas will gather this week in Buenos Aires, Argentina, determined to make the case that thwarting desertification in drylands is viable and also critical to the su