Summary

The International Workshop on Sand and Dust Storms was held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 4-7 October 2016. It was hosted by the Turkish Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, the General Directorate of Combating Desertification and Erosion and the Turkish Meteorological Service with technical corporation from World Meteorological Organization (WMO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

89 participants from WMO, UNEP, UNCCD and 16 countries (Algeria, Chad, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Turkey and Turkmenistan) attended the workshop.