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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>See the interview with Salim Shaban, Bungoma, Kenya, (African Christian Organizations Network) on the use of biochar productions cooking stove. It is part of an NTV (Kenya) report on the recent COP 12 UN Conference on Desertification in Ankara, Turkey Oct 12-23 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>https://youtu.be/ZyBtcmb2XXw<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Published on Nov 8, 2015</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal id=eow-description>The recently concluded United Nations Convention to combat desertification held in Ankara, Turkey, resolved that all the countries in the world should set targets for the amount of land they will have restored by the year 2030, as one of the mechanisms of realizing the sustainable development goals. <br><br>While African countries have asked for support in setting and realising these goals, there are other means of rehabilitating degraded land that do not cost a fortune, as our (NTV) reporter Andrew Ochieng' found out.<br><br>http://www.frequency.com/video/reclaiming-restoring-land-biochar-can-be/245677447?cid=5-388<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>For more news visit <a href="http://www.ntv.co.ke" target="_blank" title="http://www.ntv.co.ke"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.ntv.co.ke</span></a><br>Follow us on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ntvkenya" target="_blank" title="http://www.twitter.com/ntvkenya"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.twitter.com/ntvkenya</span></a><br>Like our FaceBook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/NtvKenya" target="_blank" title="http://www.facebook.com/NtvKenya"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.facebook.com/NtvKenya</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Conference, which was the twelfth session of the Parties took place in Ankara, Turkey, from 12-23 October, and concluded on minutes to midnight on Friday night, 23 October. More than 6,000 delegates attended the session, including more than 75 high ranking delegates who attended the high level session, which was officially opened by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>UNCCD Conferences of the Parties take place every two years.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.unccd.int/en/about-the-convention/the-bodies/the-cop/COP_12/Pages/default.aspx<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>African Christians Network, Salim Shaban<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.biochar-international.org/profile/ACON/Kenya<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>