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Page 1: Cn tu12 00_alt_desire_project_summary_verzandvoort

Rudi Hessel, Simone Verzandvoort, Erik van den Elsen, and Coen Ritsema (Alterra-WUR), on behalf of the DESIRE consortium

The DESIRE Project: Desertification Mitigation and Remediation of Land a Global Approach for Local Solutions

LANDCON1010, October 11-15, Xián, China

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DESIRE Integrated Project

• Co-funded by the European Commission (9 M€) in FP6

• 26 partners

• Run-time 2007-2012

• Aim is to define strategies to combat desertification in collaboration with stakeholders

LANDCON1010, October 11-15, Xián, China

www.desire-project.eu

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LANDCON1010, October 11-15, Xián, China

16 sites with different biophysical manifestations of desertification

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CDE ©

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Thank you for your attention!

For more information, visit:www.desire-his.eu

www.desire-project.eu Thanks to all colleagues having provided photos for this presentation