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… afghanistan were in before local conflicts over water or land turned into civil wars, sexual violence or genocide. nor … a billion inhabitants are rural, a majority lives off the land and desertification is a constant threat to their … legal framework for tackling desertification, land degradation and drought, 169 of its 194 Parties have declared …

… rights and governance for dryland water resources and land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Establish … of dealing with aridity and variability. This includes land management practices, such as cultivating … densities of the drylands and as a result face particular degradation challenges. • Where potential evapotranspiration …

… local and regional climate patterns. When water returns to land through precipitation, it may either remain on the … percolate downward to become groundwater. The area on the land surface where infiltration occurs is called the recharge … on their health and environment. Substances deposited on land surfaces (for example, fertilizers, pesticides and other …