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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-5: Obligations of affected country Parties     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) address the underlying causes of desertification and pay special attention to the socio-economic factors contributing to desertification processes; ...


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-15: Regional implementation annexes     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Elements for incorporation in action programmes shall be selected and adapted to the socio-economic, geographical and climatic factors applicable to affected country Parties or regions, as well as to their level of development. Guidelines for the preparation of action programmes and their exact focus and content for particular subregions and regions are set out in the regional implementation annexes. ...


ARTICLE-16: Information collection, analysis and exchange     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (e) give full weight to the collection, analysis and exchange of socio-economic data, and their integration with physical and biological data; ...


ARTICLE-17: Research and development     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (d) develop and strengthen national, subregional and regional research capabilities in affected developing country Parties, particularly in Africa, including the development of local skills and the strengthening of appropriate capacities, especially in countries with a weak research base, giving particular attention to multidisciplinary and participative socio-economic research; ...


ARTICLE-19: Capacity building, education and public awareness     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (e) by adapting, where necessary, relevant environmentally sound technology and traditional methods of agriculture and pastoralism to modern socio-economic conditions; ...