This Second International Conference on Desertification will be hosted by the Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research of Ben Gurion University of the Negev and co-sponsored by UNESCO, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Netafim.  

dates: 14-17 December 2008  
location: Beer-Sheva, Israel  
contact: Blaustein Institutes  
phone: 972-8-659-6781/6997  
fax: 972-8-659-6772  
e-mail: desertification@bgu.ac.il  
www: http://www.desertification.bgu.ac.il