the first Conference of Parties for the Convention to Combat Desertification ( cop-i ) held in Rome from September 29 to October 10, 1997 took decisions on issues such as funding and the venue for a permanent secretariat for the convention. With no additional resources coming from nations of the North, the decisions on how to structure funding for the convention became a foregone conclusion. The proposal for a "global mechanism' ( gm )
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/desert-spread
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aid-agencies
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/undp
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global