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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… Midreshet Ben-Gurion (Israel) Matthias MAGUNDA, National Agricultural Research Institution, Kampala (Uganda) Oleg … and Natural Resources and Director of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Nevada, … HOLES RELATED TO LOGGING BY THE RESPONSIBLE FOREST AGRO PRACTICE IN THE PEA-187 IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC POPOCKO, …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Desertification: the invisible frontline

… a lost opportunity to produce 20 million tons of grain • agricultural yields could fall by up to 50% in some african … drylands and developing countries. about one third of all agricultural land is either highly or moderately degraded. … vegetation, expanding secondary salinization, and reducing agricultural efficiency in oases. clImaTe – changIng The Face …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

The Land in Numbers

… • For an estimated world population of 9 billion in 2050, agricultural production must increase by about 70% globally and 100% in developing countries. 20 • If agricultural land productivity remains at its current levels, … of degraded land in the Sahel have been restored through a practice known as ‘farmer-managed natural regeneration’. This …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

The UNCCD: Laying the groundwork for future security (2014-2015)

… over dwindling natural resources and secure sustainable agricultural and energy production. Land truly is the glue … to land degradation amounts to between 3 to 5 per cent of agricultural gross domestic product -- approximately US$490 … to putting sustainable land management (SLM) good practice at the heart of global and national responses to …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… vehicles (HDV); – Motor cycles and mopeds; – Tractors (agricultural and forestry). Non-road engine applications: – Agricultural, mobile industrial and construction machinery. … of the Protocol, of VOC-emission reductions achieved in practice. 10. The investment/cost figures have been collected …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Scientific Assessment Report - UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution - Summary for policy makers

… There are many cost-effective ammonia measures within the agricultural sector, in particular for the largest 3% of … € 4.6 billion annually. Ozone could also affect future agricultural productivity due to decreased pollination. The … have more than doubled over the past 30 years, while in practice emissions decreased by more than 75%. Technological …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Desertification - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… of cropping systems as well as the adoption of appropriate agricultural technologies, among others, to halt and reverse …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

… need for and modalities and criteria for a critical agricultural use exemption for methyl bromide 2 253 VII/30 … in methyl bromide with non-parties 4 297 VIII/16 Critical agricultural uses of methyl bromide 2 254 VIII/17 … and chlorofluorocarbons and halons, and taking note of the practice to often destroy them together, Noting the need to …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

National Implementation of the Montreal Protocol: Brazil

31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Climate Change- International Legal Regime - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… coal, oil and natural gas (“fossil fuels”), as well as agricultural activities and deforestation. CFCs and methane … Entity (DOE), which has been accredited by the EB that in practice will usually be a financial auditing firm. The PDD … it entails or how this provision will be implemented in practice. Article 4. MITIGATION NATIONALLY DETERMINED …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere