Call for Papers for a Special Series on Africa, Agriculture, Desertification, Drought, Land and Rural Development.

The article reports on the announcement made by the publication entitled "Natural Resources Forum," a quarterly journal issued by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and published by Blackwell, urging interested parties to submit papers in the U.S. The publication calls interested parties to submit papers for a special series over the 2007-2009 period on themes to be considered by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development on its 16^th and 17^th sessions. Interested parties who wish to submit articles should follow the criteria set by the publication. Presented are the details of the deadline for submission of entries and the rules in writing the abstract.