In this issue: Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Convention to Combat Desertification - Summary of the Seventh Session; Presentation of the Saving the Drylands Awards on the Occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drough; UNEP Governing Council Decision 18/26 - Desertification; Ecological Vulnerability to Drought: A Serious Challenge to Ethiopia and Eriteria; Hydrological Processes, Dryland Degradation and Integrated Catchment Management; Aerospace Monitoring of Desertification Dynamics; Problems of Desertification in the Arid Zone of Rajasthan - A View; Desertification and its Effects in the Arabian Peninsula; Cattle Industry: A Sustainable Development Alternative for the Arid Zones of Argentina; Progress towards the Evaluation of Desertification in Botswana; Uncoupling Energy Consumption and Desertification in Africa through Alternative Energy Strategies; Implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification 1993-1994; Regional Conference on Desertification Control in Central Asia, Almaty, June 1995; International Workshop on Combatting Global Warming by Combatting Land Degradation; National Land Degradation Assessment and Mapping in Kenya; Participatory Project Evaluation: Allowing Local People to HaveTheir Say.