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Title
Conclusions and Recommendations from the Central and Eastern European Workshop on Drought Mitigation
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
July 2000
The importance of prevention and planning in
drought mitigation was the impetus for the Central
and Eastern European Workshop on Drought Mitigation,
held April 12–15, 2000, in Budapest-Felsoőgöd,
Hungary. The workshop was organized and sponsored
by several Hungarian agencies: the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development; Ministry for Environment;
Ministry of Transport, Communication
and Water Management; Research and Development
Division of the Ministry of Education; and Hungarian
Meteorological Service. The United Nations Convention
to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP), World Meteorological
Organization (WMO), European Commission
Joint Research Centre (EC JRC–ISPRA), European
Regional Working Group of the International Commission
on Irrigation and Drainage (ERWG ICID),
and the International Drought Information Center and
National Drought Mitigation Center at the University
of Nebraska–Lincoln, USA, also provided support.
Seven country reports on the status of national
drought mitigation strategies in central and eastern
European (CEE) countries and twenty-one scientific
and technical papers were presented and discussed.
U.S. scientists discussed drought mitigation practices
used in the United States that might also be followed
in Europe. Although some steps have been taken in
several CEE countries toward the establishment of
national drought mitigation strategies, participants
noted that further efforts are necessary. Their recommendations
are republished below.
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Published in Drought Network News Vol. 12, No. 2, Summer 2000. Published by the International Drought Information Center and the National Drought Mitigation Center, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska – Lincoln.