Participants will discuss on two-day video conference the national studies and research on basic and voluntary indicators and national programmes for achieving land degradation neutrality and its role to counterbalance degradation impacts due to climate change.
In addition, the conference includes working paper on the role of agricultural extension and scientific research in raising awareness and applying good practices to neutralize land degradation as well as working papers by the participants on the challenges facing Arab countries in this field.
Thirteen Arab countries are participating in the conference, including Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, Kuwait, Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania.