This initiative of the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD in collaboration with ICTSD will discuss ways of promoting investment in sustainable land management (SLM) through market access and trade in the context of the new financial architecture and resource allocation patterns for development and poverty reduction. For more information contact: ICTSD; IFAD; tel: +41 22 917 88 33; fax: +39 06 5459 2734; e-mail: mchamay@ictsd.ch and e.canigiani@ifad.org; Internet.  

dates: 31 January-1 February 2007  
location: Geneva, Switzerland