ICCD CRIC(1) 2 Add.3

To strengthen its support to thematic and scientific cooperation at the subregional, regional and interregional levels and assist affected country Parties, on request, to build partnerships at the national level, with a view to effectively bringing forward the implementation of NAPs.

ICCD COP(1) 11 Add.1 Report of the Conference of the Parties on its first session Action taken

ICCD COP(6) 2 Add.3

Subregional workshops on the lessons learned and best practices within the context of the national reports on the implementation of the UNCCD for North and West Africa in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 9 11 February 2005 for Central Africa in Douala, Cameroon, 15 17 February 2005 for Eastern and Southern Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21 23 February 2005.

ICCD CRIC(3) MISC.2 Overview of panel discussions and global interactive dialogues during the third session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention

Combat desertification by supporting the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

Combat desertification by supporting the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

G. Desertification monitoring and assessment

G. Desertification monitoring and assessment

Despite attempts in 1977 by the United Nations Conference on Desertification to adopt a Plan of Action to Combat Desertification, desertification continued to intensify.

Parties that are affected by desertification must prioritize and enable desertification and drought policies establish strategies to combat desertification address its underlying causes promote awareness of, and participation in, anti desertification processes and strengthen their legal framework for dealing with desertification.

They stress the fact that this activity must constitute one of the mainstays of desertification control programmes.

Combating deforestation and forest degradation

To combat desertification, the international community must support and implement the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa.7

Sustainable development implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

(h) Supporting sustainable agriculture and combating desertification

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification aims to combat desertification, mitigate the effects of drought and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

59 235. Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

60 201. Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

Sustainable development implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

(g) Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

Draft resolution II Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

Official UNCCD meetings in Bonn.

(i) terms used in the UNCCD

(i) The methodologies used for assessing and predicting desertification

G. Desertification monitoring and assessment 21 30 9

G. Desertification monitoring and assessment 56 57 14

SADC Southern African Development Community

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity

We have adhered to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

Background The Desertification Convention Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi arid, and dry sub humid areas.

61 202. Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

Draft resolution on implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

(g) Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

(g) Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

(g) Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (continued)

(g) Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

(g) Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

Coordinating Mechanism The Global Mechanism of the Convention to Combat Desertification The Global Mechanism (GM) is a coordinating (resource mobilization) mechanism established under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD or Desertification Convention).

55 204. Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, particularly in Africa

62 193. Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

58 242. Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa