Law-ref.org United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
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PREAMBLE     [go to this PREAMBLE]
... Noting also that desertification is caused by complex interactions among physical, biological, political, social, cultural and economic factors, ...
... Bearing also in mind the contribution that combating desertification can make to achieving the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity and other related environmental conventions, ...


ARTICLE-1: Use of terms     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (f) "land degradation" means reduction or loss, in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rainfed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a process or combination of processes, including processes arising from human activities and habitation patterns, such as: ...
... (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical and biological or economic properties of soil; and ...


ARTICLE-4: General obligations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) adopt an integrated approach addressing the physical, biological and socio-economic aspects of the processes of desertification and drought; ...


ARTICLE-8: Relationship with other conventions     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The Parties shall encourage the coordination of activities carried out under this Convention and, if they are Parties to them, under other relevant international agreements, particularly the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, in order to derive maximum benefit from activities under each agreement while avoiding duplication of effort. The Parties shall encourage the conduct of joint programmes, particularly in the fields of research, training, systematic observation and information collection and exchange, to the extent that such activities may contribute to achieving the objectives of the agreements concerned. ...


ARTICLE-10: National action programmes     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) allow for modifications to be made in response to changing circumstances and be sufficiently flexible at the local level to cope with different socio-economic, biological and geo-physical conditions; ...


ARTICLE-16: Information collection, analysis and exchange     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) support and further develop bilateral and multilateral programmes and projects aimed at defining, conducting, assessing and financing the collection, analysis and exchange of data and information, including, inter alia, integrated sets of physical, biological, social and economic indicators; ...
... (e) give full weight to the collection, analysis and exchange of socio-economic data, and their integration with physical and biological data; ...