The year 2006 was declared the International Year of Deserts and Desertification by the United Nations General Assembly.
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Objectives
The Year's Objective is to spread awareness about the desert areas of the world and especially the problem of desertification.
Themes
The Year’s research themes are deserts and especially the problem of desertification.
References
International Year of Deserts and Desertification Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA