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It is caused primarily by human activities and climatic variations.

A programme has been launched by one other country with the support of the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the International Programme for Arid Land Crops (IPALAC) in order to develop new farming methods and practices in arid areas.

Recommended award for claim No. 5000460 Claim No. 5000468 Coastal mudflats Claim 5000468 is for compensation in the amount of USD 267,710,202 for expenses of future measures to remediate damage to Kuwait's coastal mudflats resulting from Iraq's invasion and occupation and for future monitoring activities.

Parties expected an increase in hyper arid, arid or semi arid areas under all climate change scenarios.

In his travels to the plains he encountered several Plains First Nations (Plains Indians), as well as vast herds of the American bison, their primary source of food.

UNESCO has also launched a scientific flagship project entitled Sustainable Integrated Management and Development of Arid and Semi Arid Regions of Southern Africa (SIMDAS) .

clinging to rock, and eating it too ... transforming barren land.

Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands

The climate of most of the plains is either subarctic or continental.

Most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (or steppes) and plateaus.

The interlinkages can pose acute challenges for water and waste water management in arid and semi arid areas and also in small island developing States.

The Interior Plains spread over much of the continent, with low relief.

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Kuwait also states that the impact of oil contamination on the remaining areas of mudflats is uncertain and that the mudflats are a fragile but critically important biological area.

The mountains to Salzburg's south contrast with the rolling plains to the north.

It also has oil rigs and natural gas extraction in the eastern plains.

The stakeholders and institutions of the affected countries have not yet succeeded in adopting innovative and attractive approaches for medium and long term investments in their arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas.

Efforts in the field of genetic research are focused on the development of conventional cereal, tree and other plant varieties which are suited to drought and the special conditions found in arid and semi arid zones.

PARIS April is the cruelest month, wrote T.S. Eliot at the beginning of his great poem, The Waste Land.

South of these mountains lies a barren desert region known as the Hamad.

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Desertification is defined by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification as land degradation in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities .

More targeted initiatives are being carried out in some countries to develop unconventional varieties of cereals and other plant varieties suited to drought and the specific conditions of arid and semi arid areas.

In response to the scarcity of water resources, several African countries, particularly those situated in arid and semi arid zones, have drawn up strategies for the preservation of underground water, which is in heavy demand as a result of rapid urbanization and the expansion of farming.

After the two cordilleras converge, the Cauca Valley becomes a deep gorge all the way to the Caribbean lowlands.

In order to determine the oil contamination remaining in the mudflats, Kuwait conducted a comprehensive shoreline survey.

But it hardly wishes to colonize the frozen wastes of Siberia.

Reasserting its commitment to promoting desertification control, eradicating extreme poverty, promoting sustainable development in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas and improving the livelihoods of people affected by drought and or desertification,

Wide spaces of the country's plains are located in the south western part of the East European Plain.

The sustainable management of water and dry land resources is given particular attention in several reports.

Colombian Pacific Plains are among the most rainy parts in the world, chiefly at the north (Chocó).

The plains have numerous highlands and lowlands caused by the uneven crystallized base of the East European craton.

This claim is the deferred portion of claim No. 5000259 relating to remediation of coastal mudflats.

There are indeed academies and research centres in the region specializing in the study of arid areas and management of water resources.

The town sits on the floodplain between the Niger and Bani rivers at the southern end of the Inland Niger Delta.

Much of the Mesozoic Era is represented by exposed outcrops in the many arid regions of the continent.

In Asia, cooperation under TPN 2 on agroforestry and soil conservation in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas continued through a workshop that was organized in January 2005 in India.

The countries most vulnerable to such changes small island developing States, coastal nations with large numbers of people living in low lying areas, and countries in the arid and semi arid tropics and subtropics are least able to protect themselves.

(j) Finally, since the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification is recognised as a tool contributing to the goal of eliminating poverty, it would be appropriate to regard the level of investment for managing natural resources in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas as an important development indicator.

More species of antelope are native to Africa than to any other continent, but some occur in Asia.

Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States, on the Southern Plains of the state's western area.

The entire area, known as the eastern plains, was home to only 2 of the country's population in the late 1980s.

Water supplies are increasingly under stress in large parts of the world, especially in the world s arid regions.

Some countries stated that they are concerned about the long term sustainability of their arid and marginal regions.