The UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) policy session kicks off its seventeenth session on Monday May 4 for two weeks, ending on May 15. It will address Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, Drought, Desertification and Africa.
Ministerial Roundtables in the second week will address critical areas including:
- Responding to the Food Crisis through Sustainable Development
- Realizing a Sustainable Green Revolution in Africa
- Integrated Management of Land and Water Resources for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
For the full message from Ms. Gerda Verburg, Netherlands, Chair of CSD 17, see
http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/csd/csd_csd17_burechaimess.shtml
Almost twenty years after the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, Major Groups (farmers, women, NGOs, Indigenous Peoples, scientists, youth, workers, business and local authorities) will continue to be quite active in working with government colleagues and to articulate their views and recommendations for the way forward. See the Information Note as well as the official plan of work for the two week period, under the “information for participants” section. To help plan your schedule or follow reports from afar, the full range of side events, partnership fair and learning center sessions offered by participating Major Groups, governments and UN agencies may be found under the relevant category at
http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/csd/csd_csd17.shtml
Stay tuned for a variety of related not-to-be missed events outside of the UN being planned at gardens, farmers’ markets, warehouse operations and schools by the NYC CSD Host Committee.
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