INFORMATION Shortcuts:
Introduction to the Convention and desertification
BASIC FACTS
1. Introduction
2. The causes of desertification
3. The consequences of desertification
4. Action programmes for combating desertification
5. Partnership arrangements between donors and affected states
6. Participatory development: A bottom-up approach
7. The role of science and technology
8. Financing action to combat desertification
9. Institutions and procedures of the Convention
10. Desertification, global change, and sustainable development
11. Combating desertification in Africa
12. Combating desertification in Asia
13. Combating desertification in Latin America and the Caribbean
14. Combating desertification in Northern Mediterranean
15. Combating desertification in Central and Eastern Europe
- Frequently Asked Questions about desertification
- Down to Earth: A simplified guide to the Convention
THE CONVENTION
Preface
Prologue
I Introduction
II General Provisions
III Action Programmes, Sci & Tech Cooperation, Supporting Measures
IV Institutions
V Procedures
VI Final Provisions
Annex I Regional Implementation Annex for Africa
Annex II Regional Implementation Annex for Asia
Annex III Reg Imp Annex for Latin America and the Caribbean
Annex IV Reg Imp Annex for the Northern Mediterranean
Annex V Reg Imp Annex for Central and Eastern Europe
- Status of Ratification
- Agenda 21, Chapter 12
SPONSORS
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Eden Project
Environmental Change Institute - University of Oxford
InWEnt: Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung
Soil Conservation Service of Iceland
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and Drought (ISDR)
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Events for November, 2003
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Workshop on Best Practices in Agroforestry and Soil Conservation in Southern and Eastern Africa
Place to be decided
03/11/2003 - 05/11/2003
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Agroforestry workshop HISPANIOLA
Dominican Republic
06/11/2003 - 08/11/2003
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International Workshop on forest protected areas
Montreal, Canada
10/11/2003 - 14/11/2003
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Ninth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
Main theme: protected areas; other topics of interest: ecosystem approach, sustainable use, monitoring & indicators, assessments, & climate change & biodiversity
Montreal, Canada
24/11/2003 - 27/11/2003
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Meeting on ways for the review of the implementation of the programme of work on forest biodiversity
Montpellier, France (Tentative)
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