The role of ESCWA in agricultural resource management and conservation and in combating desertification in the region

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UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
in Western Asia

JOINT PUBLICATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA AND THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

December 1993 Number 15

Contents

Introduction

A. The region's characteristics

1. Physical aspects
2. Population

B. Natural resources

1. Cultivated lands
2. Forest resources
3. Pastures and rangelands
4. Livestock resources
5. Water resources

C. Desertification in the ESCWA region

1. Current status
2. Major forms of desertification in the ESCWA region
3. Factors causing desertification
4. Urbanization

D. The role of ESCWA in resources conservation and management and the combat of desertification

1. The past activities
2. The future work programme