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| | ENB @ CCD COP-5 |
 | | Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi, Prime Minister of Mozambique, highlighted the linkages between climate change and desertification, noting that massive flooding in Mozambique had caused soil degradation, destruction of infrastructure and loss of economic growth. |
 | | Hama Amadou, Prime Minister of Niger, highlighted his country’s difficulties in addressing desertification, and called for urgent CCD implementation, particularly stressing the role of the international community in providing technological and financial assistance to Africa. |
 | | Prime Minister Bruno Amousou, Benin, highlighted the causes, effects and seven-year plan to address desertification in his country, welcomed the GEF gesture to support the CCD, and thanked Venezuela for support, noting that Benin and Venezuela were due to sign a cooperation agreement |
| www.iisd.ca /desert/cop5/mon0810.html (1039 words) |
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