This serves as an invitation to attend the World Desertification Day to be held at Thokwane village in the Tubatse Municipality. This provincial celebration will be held on 29 June 2010. The starting time is 09h00.
As part of the United Nations (UN) international campaign to tackle global environmental deterioration and in particular combating dry lands degradation which cover up to one quarter of the world’s land surface, the UN has designated 17 June as the “World Day to Combat Desertification. The celebration of this day marks the anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
This year's theme of the World Day to Combat Desertification is "Enhancing soils anywhere, enhance life everywhere", in line with the International Year dedicated to Biodiversity. With this theme, the UNCCD aims to sensitise the public to the fact that desertification, land degradation and drought dramatically affect the biodiversity resident in the soil.
Media is invited to attend the event. Please contact Samson Mabunda for transport 082 889 3791 on or before 25 June 2010.
For more information contact:
Mashudu Mabata
Cell: 072 180 4275 or 083 256 3244
