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Desertification: the invisible frontline
… inhabitants are rural, a majority lives off the land and desertification is a constant threat to their livelihoods. … are poor. Under the United nations convention to combat Desertification (UnccD), the international legal framework for tackling desertification, land degradation and drought, 169 of its 194 …
Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management
… highly subjective. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) defines drought as “the naturally … affected country in West Africa (FAO, 2007). Globally, desertification costs US$64 billion per annum, or 5% of … annum (Jorio, 2013). In addition to land degradation and desertification, a national report identified the erosion of …