Azernews: Uzbekistan will host a roundtable on measures related to combating desertification and land degradation as well as improving the condition of land and water conservation.
The event will be held during a visit by Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Luc Gnacadja, to the Central Asian state in late April.
The UNCCD came into force in 1996 and has been ratified by 195 countries. Uzbekistan ratified the convention in October 1995.
Desertification, a process...