The 2012 celebration of World Day to Combat Desertification, an annual event on 17 June, will focus on the theme “Healthy soil sustains your life: LET’S GO LAND-DEGRADATION NEUTRAL”. In 2012, World Day to Combat Desertification falls three days before the start of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), and the global observance is planned to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
date: 17 June 2012 location: Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil contact: UNCCD Secretariat phone: +49-228 / 815-2800 fax: +49-228 / 815-2898/99 e-mail: secretariat@unccd.int www: http://www.unccd.int/publicinfo/june17/2012/menu.php