Inception Meeting for NEASPEC Project on Implementing the Regional Master Plan for the Prevention and Control of Dust and Sandstorms in North-East Asia
Date & Location :
19-21 April 2011, Ulaanbaatar and Zamyn-Uud, Mongolia
Co-organizers: UNESCAP Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia (SRO-ENEA), the Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism of Mongolia and Mongolian National Committee to Combat Desertification
Opening Session
- Welcome address and opening speech by Mr. Batbold Dorjgurkhem, Director, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism, Mongolia
- Introduction to goals and objectives of the meeting by Mr. Sangmin Nam, Secretariat of NEASPEC
Session 1: Review of subregional cooperation on combating desertification in North-East Asia with focus on Mongolia
- Bilateral and multilateral activities on combating desertification in Mongolia and the way forward, Mr. Bayarbat Dashzeveg, National Committee to Combating Desertification, Mongolia
- Activities of Civil Society Organizations on combating desertification in Mongolia, Ms. Selenge, Green Asia Network
- The work of UN and international organizations on combating desertification in Mongolia, Ms. Bunchingiv Bazartseren, UNDP Mongolia Office
Session 2: Overview of policy aspects and technical approaches to combating desertification
- Policy tools, strategies and approaches to combating desertification in China: local, provincial, national levels, Mr. Wang XinPing, Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- China's desertification control strategies, policies and integrated control system, State Forestry Administration of China-National Desertification Control Office
- Mongolian national programmes and strategies on combating desertification, Mr. Bayarbat Dashzeveg, National Committee to Combating Desertification, Mongolia
- Technology system and control modality to combating desertification in China, Mr. Lu Qi, Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry
- Policies and technologies of desertification control in Inner Mongolia, Ms. Ding Rong, Inner Mongolia Forestry Administration
Session 3: Modality and approaches of the NEASPEC Project on Implementing the Regional Master Plan on Prevention of Dust and Sandstorms in North-East Asia
- Introduction to pilot project activity in Zamyn-Uud, Secretariat of NEASPEC
- Technical tools and approaches to combating desertification in Mongolia, with focus on Gobi Desert region, Mongolian SFA -central and provincial
- Urban sewage purification and sewage irrigated sand-breaks for sand prevention and desertification control, Erenhot City