Will the deserts retreat?
the first Conference of Parties for the Convention to Combat Desertification ( cop-i ) held in Rome from September 29 to October 10, 1997 took decisions on issues such as funding and the venue for a permanent secretariat for the convention. With no additional resources coming from nations of the North, the decisions on how to structure funding for the convention became a foregone conclusion. The proposal for a "global mechanism' ( gm )