Tehran to host second International Drought Initiative meeting

TEHRAN,April 30(MNA) - The second meeting of the International Drought Initiative (IDI) will be held in Tehran from May 14-16. Representatives from Oman, Egypt, Iraq, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, India, Serbia, Germany, Jordan, the Netherlands, Japan, Burkina Faso, and Turkey as well as some international organizations such as UNESCO, WMO (World Meteorological Organization), WWC (world Water Council), GWP (Global Water Partnership), FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), and UNDP (United Nations Development Program) will participate in the event. Surveying the current situation of drought management in selected countries (or all countries) in different aspects such as policy making, structural and non-structural plans is the main objective of the IDI.