programme of work, and the provision of guidance to it

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.

At the Forum, participants discussed aspects of environmental management in drylands from a community perspective, the management of water resources in drylands and the mobilization of financial resources to combat desertification.

Persistent, substantial reduction in the provision of ecosystem services as a result of water scarcity, intensive use of services and climate change is a much greater threat in drylands than in non dryland systems.

As such, Iit constitutes in that regard, a unique opportunity to bring across the message of the people of the drylands to the world while dully at the same time underlining the daily plight of the drylands' communities and their commitment of the drylands' communities to the objectives of sustainable development.

The movies presented at the international film festival will portray day to day life in the drylands.

The films presented at the International Film Festival would portray a daydaily life in drylands.

Desertification takes place worldwide in drylands, and its effects are experienced locally, nationally, regionally and globally.

Second, by the creation of economic opportunities in urban centres and areas outside drylands.

In this regard, UNU will continue to support research, training and dissemination on the integrated management of water, soil and biodiversity in drylands for enhancing the well being of people in the drylands of Africa.

UNDP is also preparing a paper entitled Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the drylands .

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

Dig a red lake of width 1 32 passing within 2 32 of all dry land.

Promoting measures for revitalizing drylands agricultural sectors based on good local governance for sustainable agricultural farming systems.

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

Support to mobile pastoralism in the drylands should receive a higher level of priority under the UNCCD given pastoralists specific adaptive management practices and traditional knowledge of coping strategies in drylands conditions.

Dig a green lake of width 1 33 passing within 2 33 of all dry land.

As floodwaters recede, crocodiles have been found in dry grounds looking for food.

Some 10 20 per cent of drylands are already degraded (medium certainty).

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

Land degradation is in turn defined as the reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity of drylands.

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

Closer cooperation has been sought with specialized organizations that deal with drought, agricultural production and productivity in drylands.

In particular, the projected intensification of freshwater scarcity as a result of climate change will cause greater stresses in drylands.

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

Desertification is a result of a long term failure to balance demand for and supply of ecosystem services in drylands.

Indeed, two years ago, in a meeting with US President Barack Obama, I described the vulnerability of the African drylands.

Provide on the other hand elements on what works to counter fatalistic perceptions. In this context, emphasize the economic importance of ecosystem services in the drylands and best practices to maintain or rehabilitate them.

At the regional and subregional levels, FAO has initiated and prepared the Land Degradation Assessment in the Drylands (LADA), used to develop tools and methods to assess and quantify the nature, extent and severity of land degradation.

It is expected to result in successful compilation of information on the status and trends of biodiversity in dry and sub humid lands, and identification of lands of particular value and or under threat.

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) Extend the red lake by a channel of width 1 35 passing within 2 35 of all dry land.

Therefore, desertification ranks among the greatest environmental challenges today and is a major impediment to meeting basic human needs in drylands.

More than 90 per cent of the land in the region is hyper arid or desert, while the remaining area is classified as dry .

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

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.

Requests the secretariat to report to the Conference of the Parties at its eighth session on progress in the LADA.

Invites the Group of Experts (GoE) to take the necessary action to strengthen the links between the GoE and the work of the LADA

Desertification has strong adverse impacts on non drylands as well affected areas may sometimes be located thousands of kilometres away from the desertified areas.

In such a context, emphasize the economic importance of ecosystem services in the drylands and promote best practices and disseminate information through all possible channels.

Drylands occupy 41 per cent of the Earth's land area and are home to more than two billion people a third of the human population in the year 2000.

Are concerned at the trends and perils of land degradation, soil erosion, drought and impoverishment, particularly in the fragile ecosystems and drylands of developing countries

Furthermore, UNEP is planning the organization of a Sscientific Cconference on the theme Dryland Environmental Management and the Millennium Development Goals , to be held tentatively at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, in September October 2006.

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