Approaches, policies & strategies related to desertification
Multilaterals
African Development Bank (AfDB)
African Development Bank Group’s policy on the environment
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Environment policy
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Operational program on sustainable land management
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Environment strategy (2003)
United Nations
Managing fragile ecosystems: combating desertification and drought
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Drylands Development Centre
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations University Re-thinking Policies to Cope with Desertification
World Bank
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Global climate - desertification
Bilaterals
Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid)
Environment policy framework
German Development Cooperation (GTZ)
Desertification – A global challenge and key issue for the future
German Federal Ministry of Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ)
BMZ goals with regard to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification
Italia – Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio
Drylands biodiversity
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The DAC guidelines: integrating the Rio conventions into development co-operation
Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (SIDA)
Development of dryland areas – Sida’s response to the Convention to Combat Desertification (2000)
United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID)
DFID’s approach to the environment
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Land management
Research institutes
Centre for Arid Zone Research (CAZR)
Research overview
Centre for Arid Zone Studies (CAZS)
About CAZS natural resources
Centre d’Etude Régional pour l’Amélioration et l’Adaptation a la Sécheresse (CERAAS)
Mandat
Comite Scientifique Français de la Désertification (CSFD)
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Combating desertification through science
Desertification, Drought, Poverty and Agriculture (DDPA): a research consortium
Desert Research Institute (DRI)
Center for arid lands environmental management
Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas (IADIZA)
Objetivos y historia
International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Drylands
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands
Partnerships and networks
Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN)
Activities
Drylands Coordination Group (DCG)
DCG strategy 2007-2011
The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Desertification and land degradation
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
Both Ends
Local contributions to the Rio Conventions
Greenwinds
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African Drought Risk & Development Network
Desertification, Drought, Poverty and Agriculture (DDPA) - A research consortium
Eden think tank
European Commission - DeSurvey IP
Financial Information Engine on Land Degradation (FIELD)
Food and Agriculture Organization - Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA)
Global Mechanism of the UNCCD
International Arid Land Consortium (IALC)
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
International Year of Deserts and Desertification (2006, IYDD)
Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO – ECSDE)
Network for Desertification and Drought in Latin America and the Caribbean
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development - Environment and Development
Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS)
Réseau international des ONG sur la Désertification
TerrAfrica
The Drylands Coordination Group (DCG)
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) – Dry-lands
United Nations Development Programme - Drylands Development Center
United Nations Environment Programme
World Bank – Land resources management
World Resources Institute (WRI) – Forests, grasslands and dry-lands
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