In this issue: Summary of the tenth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Convention to Combat Desertification; Linkages Between Dryland Degradation and Migration: A methodology; National Strategy to Combat Desertification in the Republic of Kazakstan; Towards Ecological Regeneration, Biodiversity Conservation and Environmental Restoration of the Thar Desert Ecosystem in India; Stakeholders' Participation in the National Action Programme (NAP) Process: Options and Strategies in Various Socio-political and Geographic Conditions; United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification: Networking among NGOs - Basic Framework and Approaches; etc.