Desertification (UNCCD)
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- Dealing with desertification, finding the right policies
- ( Zafar Adeel;Janos Bogardi;Christoper Braeuel / United Nations University International Network on Water, Environment and Health , 2007)
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What are the policy challenges posed by desertification? This paper highlights a range of new and innovative options available to policymakers to achieve sustainable land management, combat deserti...
- Desertification: next steps for the UN convention
- ( C. Toulmin / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2006)
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This short briefing argues that the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) does not have the right set of tools to address the challenges faced by dryland peoples around the world.
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- Breakthough workshop for combating desertification in Sudan
- ( A.A. Belal; F.S. Hussein / Drylands Coordination Group, Norway , 2006)
- This paper presents the proceedings of a United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) held in December 2005. The report presents the workshop programme, objectives and methodology. Four...
- Ensuring that the proliferation of environmental protection institutions are more effective
- ( A. Najam; M. Papa; N. Taiyab / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2006)
- Since environmental issues entered the international agenda in the early 1970s, global environmental governance (GEG) institutions have been developing rapidly. As a consequence, however, the GEG syst...
- Opportunities and constraints for gendered drylands management
- ( Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau , 2006)
- This review examines the impact of desertification on women, their role in the management of natural resources and drylands, and the constraints they face. It presents project experience in addressing...
- Desertification action plan to support pastoral development in Ethiopia
- ( Y. Berkele; A. Mossige / Drylands Coordination Group, Norway , 2005)
- This paper reports on a workshop held in Ethiopia in 2004, targeting stakeholders involved in implementing Ethiopia’s National Action Plan (NAP) for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertifica...
- Summary and tools for training of environmental trainers in Ethiopia
- ( Y. Berkele; B. Ayalew / Drylands Coordination Group, Norway , 2004)
- This paper summarises the events at a training of trainers that took place in Ethiopia in 2004. The training covered concept and principles of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (...
- Ecosystem changes continues to worsen putting MDGs at risk
- ( Millennium Ecosystem Assessment , 2005)
- This report, synthesises the findings of large multi-agency attempt to comprehensively evaluate all of the world’s major ecosystems. It finds that approximately 60 percent of the ecosystem services t...
- Planning and management approaches that minimise land degradation and desertification in arid and semi-arid zones
- ( Convention to Combat Desertification , 2003)
- This report by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, details the planning and management approaches that minimise land degradation and desertification in arid and semi-arid zones, a...
- Should the UN desertification convention focus more on livelihoods?
- ( S. Movik; S. Dejene; G. Synnevåg / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences , 2003)
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This paper seeks to analyse some of the problems of degradation persisting in the dryland regions with particular reference to Sub-Saharan Africa, and describe the processes that aim to tackle them.Results 1 to 10 of 13
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