| Earth Summit+5: progress on the road from Rio |
| The FAO is Task Manager for four of Agenda 21's key chapters - planning and management of land resources, combating deforestation, sustainable mountain development, and sustainable agriculture and rural development. It is actively involved in the implementation of others - such as combating desertification and drought, and conservation of biological diversity - and in broader areas covered by Agen... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EPdirect/EPre0028.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/FRdirect/EPre0028.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/SPdirect/EPre0028.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| Planning strategies against the effects of drought |
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| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/frdirect/EIan0005.htm |
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| Environment - Conventions & agreements |
| Recent FAO activities to combat desertification |
| The main mechanism established within FAO to facilitate its contribution to the Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) is the ad hoc interdepartmental working group (CCD IWG) created in 1993. This group comprises representatives of 15 FAO technical services which have activities with a direct link to the sustainable development of drylands. Its main activities are described in this text extrac... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EPdirect/EPre0062.htm |
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| Environment - Conventions & agreements |
| Briefing on Desertification |
| The article includes general information on the issue, on the Desertification Convention and the role of FAO in combatting desertification. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EPdirect/EPre0008.htm |
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