A special high-level segment on fostering the implementation of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 10-year strategic plan and framework to enhance the implementation of the Convention will include three ministerial-level round table discussions on the following topics: global trends of desertification, land degradation and drought – liaison with other problems and challenges for decision makers and stakeholders; desertification/land degradation and climate change – what role for the land in the ongoing negotiations for a new climate change regime at Copenhagen?; and partnerships and institutions for combating desertification, land degradation and drought – the path to improvement.  

dates: 28-29 October 2009  
location: Buenos Aires, Argentina  
www: http://www.unccd.int/cop/cop9/menu.php