programme of work, and the provision of guidance to it

The LADA project will produce a GLADA. A study to develop a methodology for land degradation assessment at global level was carried out by ISRIC in the Shaanxi Province, North China, using the remote sensing NDVI and other biophysical parameters.

In accordance with the agenda of the third meeting of the GoE (see annex I), presentations were made by each coordinator on the following framework topics

The LADA approach

LADA also cooperates with UNEP in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO 4) assessment and with Desertlink and MEDCOASTLAND.

The request for an assessment of the extent of land degradation in drylands came from the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), out of which the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) project was conceived.

The LADA methodological framework comprises the LADA approach and a set of tools for the different scales of land degradation assessment, from the global to the subnational.

Conducting pilot studies to calibrate and test methods for assessment of land degradation in selected countries Development of strategies for information communication, executive partnership and co financing and

Background

To respond to the need for up to date and comparable land degradation information, the GEF has funded the LADA project to be implemented by the UNEP and executed by the FAO.

C. Achievements of the LADA project from 2002 2005

Review and synthesis of data and information of relevance to the development of land degradation assessment in drylands Development, testing and revision of integration of land degradation assessment approaches and methods

Many efforts to understand, assess and monitor land degradation have been carried out in recent decades, although to date there is no mechanism in place to collect and disseminate information within countries, across regions and at international level for comparison.

Assessment of the post Cartagena experience by the Trade and Development Board

Projects and programmes in the area of rehabilitation of degraded land do not always provide for mechanisms for evaluating the impact of their activities and determining the area of the rehabilitated land.

WP Activity 4 Develop an integrative assessment methodology for

Information dissemination and promotion of international

However, irrigated land in desert areas does come under the umbrella of LADA.

During full project implementation, the methodological framework will be used to carry out land degradation assessment at different scales.

Assessment of the work of the Security Council during Spain's presidency (September 2004)

(a) The establishment of a Management Performance Board to assess the performance of senior managers

Assessment of the work of the Security Council during the presidency of Greece (July 2005)

Coordination of ongoing projects relating to land degradation assessment and rehabilitation, with integrated ecosystem managements should take place.

The case study was not very detailed and indicated that there is a need for a more complete assessment of land degradation.

The projects and programmes conducted in the area of the rehabilitation of degraded land do not always include appropriate mechanisms for evaluating the impact of the activities involved or for determining the area of land rehabilitated, for which figures are given in less than a quarter of the reports.

Assessment of the work of the Security Council during the presidency of Argentina (January 2005)

My delegation does not pretend that it is easy to assess the work and performance of the Security Council.

They are keen to mobilize expertise available in universities, research institutes and institutions specializing in monitoring and assessing land degradation.

Once again, the Special Committee was not allowed by Israel to visit the occupied territories and assess first hand the human rights situation in Palestine.

Four reports emphasize the involvement of local people in monitoring and evaluation of initiatives to combat land degradation.

Four reports emphasize the involvement of local people in monitoring and assessing initiatives to combat land degradation.

The LADA indicators are relatively easy to measure or obtain and are therefore of low cost.

An extract of the indicators to be used for LADA is included in table 1.

Based on this survey, the national LADA products will be defined during the full LADA project.

Using more recent material, readily available, the GLASOD study has been improved by LADA.

Assessment of the work of the Security Council during the presidency of the Republic of Benin (February 2005)

Assessment of the work of the Security Council during the presidency of the Philippines (September 2005)

The specific activities of the project are to discuss the scientific and technical tools that have to be used in order to develop an integrated assessment methodology for land degradation and poverty.

Vulnerability components, risk intensity and response capacity, with their particular indicators, form the basis for the integral assessment of land degradation and poverty.

Similarly, monitoring of related programmes should be decentralized to include feedback from land users and participatory poverty assessment.

The methodological approach so far developed for the LADA is continuously being refined and is being tested at national level.

Assessment of the work of the Security Council during the presidency of France (June 2005)

Assessment of the work of the Security Council during the presidency of Brazil (March 2005)

Parties may also make available data on land degradation and drylands, including the results of surveys, desertification maps, land degradation perceptions, hot spots and bright spots identified by previous assessments or through other methodologies and statistics, and related biophysical and socio economic data.

Between the two projects 27 pilot sites will be surveyed, using mainly the LADA assessment tools.