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Tuesday, 8
October 2001
Delegates met for a second day in the High Level Special Segment
which included a morning session dedicated to an interactive dialogue on the nexus between poverty and the environment,
and an afternoon session of general statements by country
representatives and other participants
President
Charles Basset informed delegates that this session would address the “poverty-environment nexus,” and asked them to share experiences in best practice and indicate priority actions for governments and donor countries
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Charles
Basset
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Roy Nicolas-Fanourakis
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Roy
Nicolas-Fanourakis, Minister for Agriculture and
Cooperatives, Swaziland, said
financing is needed to address land tenure
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Max Kitchell
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Max Kitchell, First Assistant Secretary, Natural Heritage
Division, Australia,
reported on its National Land Care Programme that focuses on
community ownership
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Murat
Musataev, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environmental Protection, Kazakhstan, highlighted
linkages with other multilateral environmental agreements
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Murat
Musataev
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Reynold
Murray
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Reynold
Murray, Ministry of Health and Environment, St. Vincent and The
Grenadines
underscored the challenges of mitigating population pressures
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Noah Katana Ngala
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Noah
Katana Ngala, Minister
for the Environment, Kenya,
expressed concern at lack of progress combating desertification and
reported on its efforts at NAP implementation
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Hien
Fidele, Minister of Environment and Water, Burkina Faso, highlighted
factors undermining NAP prioritization, inter alia, the debt
problem
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Jose
Antonio Rodriguez Oruna, Cuba,
highlighted its NAP implementation, including 18 national projects for
reforestation, erosion prevention, advanced irrigation and drainage
technology, and drinking water aqueducts
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Jose Antonio Rodriguez Oruna
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Mohamed Said Kabir
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Mohamed
Said Kabir, Minister of Environment, Nigeria
noted the failure of the CCD to obtain sustained funding and its
impact on NAP implementation. He reported on a 1500km �green belt�
established to ward off desert encroachment
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Mohammad Samadi
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Mohammad
Samadi, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Iran,
offered to share its experience on sustainable management of
rangelands, particularly sand dune fixation
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Belgacem
Henchi, Vice-Minister of Environment, Tunisia, outlined its ongoing
cooperation with the GM and the OSS, and successful efforts at fund
mobilization and development of indicators to track NAP implementation
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B.T.
Koshmatov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources, and
Processing, Kyrgyzstan, highlighted its efforts to implement the
Convention, including projects to develop mountain areas and promotion
of eco-tourism through the designation of 2001 as the Year of Tourism
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B.T.
Koshmatov
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Dan
Nielsen
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Ambassador
Dan Nielsen, Denmark,
pledged to continue support within the GEF Council for opening a
financing window for desertification, and announced the allocation of
an additional 0.5% of GDP for �environment, peace and stability�
initiatives. He noted that Denmark will be presiding over the EU
during the WSSD
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At
the conclusion of the days plenary, participants in the CCD were
treated to live entertainment dynamic drumming and African rhythms
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Drummer
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A
gourd xylophone
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