LADA Dryland Degradation Assessment Project

Even before the decision to make land degradation a focal area, the GEF informed on assistance provided to African countries in meeting the biodiversity conservation and climate change objectives through dryland management projects.

It would seem that the CCD Committee on Science and Technology, and the Dryland Degradation Assessment Project (LADA) coordinated by the FAO could play a major role here, by helping these countries to harmonize their desertification monitoring and assessment methods in line with established standards.

Desertification can also be avoided by reducing the stress on dryland ecosystems.

TPN 2 on agroforestry has completed its draft manual on dryland agro forestry.

Viable alternatives must be provided to dryland people to maintain their livelihoods without causing desertification.

First, by the introduction of alternative livelihoods that have less of an impact on dryland resources.

Therefore, joint implementation of major environmental conventions can lead to increased synergy and effectiveness, benefiting dryland people.

The UNU dryland programme focuses on improving capacity building and the sharing of experience between developing countries.

Combating deforestation and forest degradation

A second publication highlighting UNEP activities in dryland environmental management is to be launched in September or October 2006.

Current activities of the Desert Net include the creation of a Dryland Research Center at the University of Hamburg.

Theft, extortion, destruction, degradation and damage

The secretariat has continued to promote a project targeting dryland rehabilitation through the provision of employment and resources to youth.

The aim of the project is to identify the peoples' adaptation techniques and traditional knowledge in coping with dryland conditions.

FIELD Financial Information Engine on Land Degradation

The project fosters community led approaches, training, capacity building, interaction of landowners and farmers, and sustainable and dryland indigenous management practices.

Certain projects currently in progress in countries or pilot areas are endeavouring to produce vulnerability maps of degradation or the risk of land degradation.

Strengthening parliamentarians' role in the fight against poverty in dryland areas by placing UNCCD related activities on the agenda of their national parliaments

As the GEF land degradation executing agency linked to the GM, IFAD has the opportunity to match land degradation to poverty reduction and development concerns.

The environmental degradation is obvious even to casual observers.

Conversely, deforestation can contribute to land degradation and desertification.

Since the GEF also served as the financial mechanism for the UNFCCC, some dryland projects were designed primarily to address climate change related issues.

Meanwhile, the economic consequences of environmental degradation can be severe.

Dealing with deforestation and forest degradation cannot wait until 2020.

It occurs because dryland ecosystems, which cover over one third of the world's land area, are extremely vulnerable to over exploitation and inappropriate land use.

Desertification (land degradation caused by aridity) and overgrazing are also problems.

(g) Perverse subsidies and their impact on deforestation and forest degradation

We also have to confront the serious degradation of the environment.

The new kit, labelled A creative approach to environmental education in drylands and highlands , will be targeted at primary and secondary schools in dryland and mountainous countries.

The new kit labelled A creative approach to environmental education in drylands and highlands will be targeted at primary and secondary schools in dryland and mountainous countries.

PAIA provides a forum for exchange of information, and liaises with other regional and subregional offices of FAO as well as the FAO representatives in dryland countries.

Reintroduction of indigenous vegetation will help with the degradation of the land.

Disasters may be both a consequence and a cause of environmental degradation.

Theft, extortion, destruction, degradation and damage, as well as computer related offences

(6) Control of Land Degradation and Desertification processes in the insular Caribbean

And along with economic growth have come environmental degradation and climate change.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) attaches great importance to combating soil degradation.

Syria states that the degradation and loss of decorations ornamentation is evident.

Scope and Coherence of the Land Degradation Activities in the GEF, paras.

In the course of 2004, a 10 country project on the use of gum arabic for land rehabilitation and economic development in dryland areas in Africa was prepared.

In response to questions about the anaerobic degradation of appliances in landfills, Mr. Ashford said that research was only in its early stages and that it was important to establish the nature of the degradation products before looking at what could be done to look at enhancing the process of anaerobic degradation.

Based on these rough estimates, about 1 6 per cent of the dryland people live in desertified areas, while a much larger number is under threat from further desertification.

The challenges of the alarming rate of deforestation and forest degradation remain serious.

Syria states that samples were collected to evaluate the degradation of each artefact.