Thumbnail Image

Climate change adaptation and the fight against desertification

Introductory Note No. 1

Year of publication 2007

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 32 p.

Product type Document

ISBN 978-9973-856-25-8

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The first section of this document deals with the relationships between desertification and climate change in Africa, based on actual consequences of these phenomena and recent evolutions as described in the scientific literature referred to. The second section considers the texts of the two conventions and their tools while emphasising the ways in which they converge and the definitions, concepts, methodologies and difficulties encountered in implementing them.

Language English

Also available in:
No results found.

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

  • Thumbnail Image
    Project
    Fighting Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought through the Action Against Desertification - GCP/INT/157/EC 2021
    Also available in:
    In arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas of member states of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), inhabitants depend on land health and productivity, water and vegetation cover, as more than 70 percent of the population derives its livelihood from natural resources. These resources are threatened by Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD), which, combined with human activity and environmental changes, cause soil loss, alterations in natural habitats and ecosystems, losses in biodiversity and a reduction in natural buffers to droughts and floods. This project was formulated to tackle desertification as a means of increasing the sustainable management of vital natural resources, combating hunger and improving resilience to climate change in eight OACPS member countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal in Africa, Haiti in the Caribbean and Fiji in the Pacific). Thanks to a joint effort of The African Union Commission (AUC), the European Union, FAO and the Secretariat of the OACPS, the Action Against Desertification (AAD) project assisted beneficiary countries in contributing to the goals of their respective national action plans to combat desertification and in meeting their commitments to large-scale international conventions to restore degraded land.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Project
    Fighting Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought in Africa through the Action Against Desertification - GCP/INT/157/EC (Africa Component) 2021
    Also available in:
    In arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas of member states of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), inhabitants depend on land health and productivity, water and vegetation cover, as more than 70 percent of the population derives its livelihood from natural resources. These resources are threatened by Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD), which, combined with human activity and environmental changes, cause soil loss, alterations in natural habitats and ecosystems, losses in biodiversity and a reduction in natural buffers to droughts and floods. This project was formulated to tackle desertification as a means of increasing the sustainable management of vital natural resources, combating hunger and improving resilience to climate change in six OACPS member countries in Africa (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal). Thanks to a joint effort of The African Union Commission (AUC), the European Union, FAO and the Secretariat of the OACPS, the Action Against Desertification (AAD) project assisted beneficiary countries in contributing to the goals of their respective national action plans to combat desertification and in meeting their commitments to large scale international conventions to restore degraded land.
  • Thumbnail Image
Show more

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.