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    The document discusses the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). It outlines the main obligations of parties under the convention, including preparing national action programs and addressing the underlying causes of desertification. It also discusses compliance mechanisms, innovations of the convention, and challenges in implementing the convention.

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    The document discusses the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). It outlines the main obligations of parties under the convention, including preparing national action programs and addressing the underlying causes of desertification. It also discusses compliance mechanisms, innovations of the convention, and challenges in implementing the convention.

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    The document discusses the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). It outlines the main obligations of parties under the convention, including preparing national action programs and addressing the underlying causes of desertification. It also discusses compliance mechanisms, innovations of the convention, and challenges in implementing the convention.

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    The document discusses the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). It outlines the main obligations of parties under the convention, including preparing national action programs and addressing the underlying causes of desertification. It also discusses compliance mechanisms, innovations of the convention, and challenges in implementing the convention.

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    "ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR CSS......

    AUTHOR: IMRAN BASHIR(PMS)" 1


    Performance Against Schedule
    Plan: summarize original schedule of project.
    ◦ List key milestones.

    Actual: summarize what really happened in relationship to the plan.


    ◦ List differences in terms of original dates (x weeks late, x months
    early, etc.).

    "ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR CSS......AUTHOR: IMRAN BASHIR(PMS)" 2


    Desertification
    Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas.

    "ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR CSS......AUTHOR: IMRAN BASHIR(PMS)" 3


    Environmental Problem That the MEA
    Addresses
    Poverty, political instability, deforestation, over gazing and bad irrigation practices can all
    undermine the productivity of the land.

    Over 250 million people are directly affected by desertification and about one billion people in
    over one hundred countries are at risk.

    "ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR CSS......AUTHOR: IMRAN BASHIR(PMS)" 4


    Brief Description of the MEA
    UNCCD entered into force on 26 December 1996
    Promote an integrated approach to combating desertification
    Distinguishes between affected developing parties and developed parties

    "ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR CSS......AUTHOR: IMRAN BASHIR(PMS)" 5


    Project Planning
    Was the Plan the Right One?
    Was the plan a good one?
    ◦ What was good? What was missing?

    Was the plan realistic?


    How did the plan evolve over time?
    ◦ Was the change good or bad?
    ◦ How did the changes affect the project?

    Key areas for improvement:


    ◦ Make very specific recommendations.

    "ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR CSS......AUTHOR: IMRAN BASHIR(PMS)" 6


    Main Obligations
    (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
     Prepare national  Establish strategies,  Address the  Promote awareness  Provide an enabling
    action program within the frame underlying cause of and facilitate the environment by
     cooperate in work of sustainable desertification participation of strengthening
    implementation of development  pay attention to local population, relevant existing
    SRAP & RAP policies, to combat socioeconomic with the support of legislation
    desertification factors contributing NGOs to mitigate  enacting new laws
    to desertification the effects of and establishing
    drought long term policies
    and action
    programs

    "ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR CSS......AUTHOR: IMRAN BASHIR(PMS)" 7


    Compliance Mechanisms

    Parties must
    Developed
    UNCCD requires members communicate
    parties facilitate
    of regional implementation to the COP,
    affected parties
    annexes to prepare NAPs to for
    to appropriate
    identify the factors implementati
    knowledge in
    contributing to on measures
    combating
    desertification. and COP is
    desertification.
    (Article 6) empowered
    (Article 61)
    (Article 27).

    "ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR CSS......AUTHOR: IMRAN BASHIR(PMS)" 8


    Substantive Innovations

    participation of civil society


    in the preparation of NADP

    Adoption of integrated
    approach in addressing
    Integration of
    the physical biological
    strategies for poverty
    and socio economic
    eradication in to efforts
    aspects of the
    to combat
    processes of
    desertification
    desertification and
    drought.

    "ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR CSS......AUTHOR: IMRAN BASHIR(PMS)" 9


    Implementation Challenges
    Lack of sufficient funding from the donor community , in part because the problem of
    desertification in not perceived as a global concern.

    Growing need for new and better methodologies for promoting local participation and
    community based capacity building.

    Limited scientific attention to the problem of desertification as compared with the other MEAs
    such as biodiversity convention.

    "ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR CSS......AUTHOR: IMRAN BASHIR(PMS)" 10


    "ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR 11
    CSS......AUTHOR: IMRAN BASHIR(PMS)"

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