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Status of Desertification and Implementation of the United Nations Plan of Action to Combat Desertification

Report of the Executive Director

Contents:

Executive Summary

Introduction

PART I. World Status of Desertification

A. Concept of Desertification

B. Past Assessments

(I) Assessment By UNICOD, 1977

(II)Assessment By UNEP, 1984

C. Present Status - Assessment 1991

(I) Definition of Dryland Area

(II)Global Status of Desertification

(a) Socio-economic aspects

(b) State of the land

(III)Local Assessments of Desertification Rate

(IV)Situation in Africa

PART II. The United Nations Plan of Action to Combat Desertification

A. Monitoring the PACD and its evaluation by the Governing Council of UNEP

B. Implementation of the PACD 1978-1991

(I) Introduction

(II) Role of the United Nations System and the International Community

(III) Role of Regional and Sub-Regional Co-operation

(IV) Actions at National Level

(V) Implementation of Specific Recommendations of the PACD

(VI) Conclusion

PART III. Policy Guidelines and Course of Action for Combating Desertification

A. Policy Guidelines

(I) Role and Place of Anti-Desertification Measures Within the Programmes for Socio-Economic Develepment and Protection of the Environment

(II) General Goal and Practical Targets

(III) Main Principles in Implementing the PACD

B. Course of Action

(III) Internationally

PART IV. Financing the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification

A. Desertification Costs

(I) Cost of Damage

(II) Cost of Prevention, Correction and Rehabilitation

B. Financing the PACD

(I) Summary of Past Experience

(II) Mobilization of Resources

Annex

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