We're going to the dry season now.

Gravely concerned at the magnitude of the current drought, which may affect up to fifteen million people owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

My inability to swim has been one of my greatest humiliations and embarrassments.

This report evaluates the condition of desertification in drylands, including hyper arid areas, by asking pointed questions and providing answers based exclusively on the reports generated for the MA.

AGRHYMET Regional Training Centre for Agrometeorology and Operational

Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands

Parties expected an increase in hyper arid, arid or semi arid areas under all climate change scenarios.

Most Parties reported on their participation in the observing and monitoring programme of the Comité permanent inter États de lutte contre la sécheresse au Sahel (CILSS), which is a programme established in 1975 to monitor agricultural, hydrological and meteorological phenomena within the CILSS member States.

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LADA Dryland Degradation Assessment Project

Formally, the MA definition encompasses all lands where the climate is classified as dry sub humid, semi arid, arid or hyper arid.

Reasserting its commitment to promoting desertification control, eradicating extreme poverty, promoting sustainable development in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas and improving the livelihoods of people affected by drought and or desertification,

A programme has been launched by one other country with the support of the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the International Programme for Arid Land Crops (IPALAC) in order to develop new farming methods and practices in arid areas.

Noting with concern the prevailing serious drought situation in the Horn of Africa, in particular the affected areas of Somalia,

In 1996, FAO established an ad hoc Interdepartmental Working Group on Desertification (IDWG) with the aim of facilitating the coordination of relevant FAO programmes and other mechanisms in the area of dryland development, desertification control and drought mitigation.

Requests the secretariat to report to the Conference of the Parties at its eighth session on progress in the LADA.

And those are the dry land species.

LADA Dryland Degradation Assessment Project

The establishment of the IUCN drylands specialists task force and the Arid Lands Initiative stimulated the realization of cross regional, subregional and national activities to improve dryland management and sustainable use of its biodiversity.

Efforts in the field of genetic research are focused on the development of conventional cereal, tree and other plant varieties which are suited to drought and the special conditions found in arid and semi arid zones.

Closer cooperation has been sought with specialized organizations that deal with drought, agricultural production and productivity in drylands.

They lost their livestock and pastures in the drought that began in 1999 and became the largest single group of displaced persons in Afghanistan.

Viable alternatives must be provided to dryland people to maintain their livelihoods without causing desertification.

Committee on Science and Technology

Some Parties proposed developing national drought policies to mitigate the adverse impacts of periodic droughts and indicated their need for a warning system to monitor the effects of drought.

The Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD), in cooperation with Remote Sensing in the Arab World, established the Arab Desertification Monitoring and Assessment Network (ADMANET).

IPALAC International Programme for Arid Land Crops

Noting with regret that the humanitarian situation has not improved, owing to the severe economic situation and the effects of drought, and that significant humanitarian needs continue to exist throughout Tajikistan,

Among the technology options for rural sanitation, for example, dry latrines conserve water, offering particular benefits in arid or drought prone areas.

That's what drought does.

For those out of flash flood risk, Rosa's rain may be a blessing since the region is drought stricken.

Draft resolution II Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

But in actual fact, the society continues to countenance practices that are a form of physical and moral violence against women.

Gravely concerned at the magnitude of the recurrent drought, which affects millions owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

Desertification is defined by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification as land degradation in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities .

Concerned by the recurrent drought, which still affects millions owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country and the pastoralist areas that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

More targeted initiatives are being carried out in some countries to develop unconventional varieties of cereals and other plant varieties suited to drought and the specific conditions of arid and semi arid areas.

Concerned by the recurrent drought, which still affects millions owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country and the pastoralist areas that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

Analyses and comparisons of current and historical maps enable the objective assessment of the effect of prevailing or emerging drought conditions in a timely fashion.

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61 202. Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

55 204. Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, particularly in Africa

56 196. Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, particularly in Africa

57 259. Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, particularly in Africa