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

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

Argentine Institute for Arid Zone Studies

IPALAC International Programme for Arid Land Crops

UNESCO has also launched a scientific flagship project entitled Sustainable Integrated Management and Development of Arid and Semi Arid Regions of Southern Africa (SIMDAS) .

The interlinkages can pose acute challenges for water and waste water management in arid and semi arid areas and also in small island developing States.

A joint publication has been issued with the UNCCD secretariat entitled Extractive Industries in Arid and Semi Arid Zones Planning and Management which gives details of the problems associated with extractive industries in arid and semi arid lands and suggestions as to how these activities could be managed in order to promote the maintenance of the ecosystems where they are taking place.

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.

ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics

Moreover, the Ramsar Secretariat has added to its list of Ramsar sites several significant sites in arid, semi arid and sub humid areas in Algeria, Morocco, Mali and Niger.

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Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands

Embedded within the IFAD Livestock and Development Project is GEF PDF B Participatory Control of Desertification and Poverty Reduction in the Arid and Semi Arid High Plateau Ecosystems of Eastern Morocco.

In Asia, cooperation under TPN 2 on agroforestry and soil conservation in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas continued through a workshop that was organized in January 2005 in India.

The proper management of natural resources in semi arid, arid and sub humid zones based on sustained, long term investments must be considered as a major indicator of economic and social development.

ACSAD Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands

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 .

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.

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,

The stakeholders and institutions of the affected countries have not yet succeeded in adopting innovative and attractive approaches for medium and long term investments in their arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas.

Research efforts are aimed not only at increasing the productivity of cropping systems but also at ensuring that agriculture is sustainable, with the promotion of production systems suited to semi arid and arid ecosystems.

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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.

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While the first phase of the programme was devoted to the arid and semi arid areas recovering from drought through food for work activities, in 2003 166 community projects were carried out in the most food insecure districts.

In the great majority of regions featuring arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas, one of the major weaknesses of the monitoring evaluation systems is that they are not always designed to make optimum use of the existing equipment.

Recognizing that low lying and other small island countries, countries with low lying coastal, arid and semi arid areas or areas liable to floods, drought and desertification, and developing countries with fragile mountainous ecosystems, are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change,

Water conservation techniques and practices could be promoted and accelerated through mechanisms, such as information exchange and dissemination, technical assistance and training, as part of broader efforts to promote sustainable consumption and production and to address the special needs of arid and semi arid countries.

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Some countries stated that they are concerned about the long term sustainability of their arid and marginal regions.

In response to the scarcity of water resources, several African countries, particularly those situated in arid and semi arid zones, have drawn up strategies for the preservation of underground water, which is in heavy demand as a result of rapid urbanization and the expansion of farming.

In 2004 the Organisation launched a project for sustainable management of marginal arid areas in north Africa and Asia.

One of these studies was a Comparison of Traditional and Contemporary Water Management Systems in Arid Regions of Tunisia .

ACSAD also organized several training programmes for experts, one, in collaboration with the Arab Development Bank in Africa (BADIA), for the African English speaking countries on the improvement of irrigation through implementation of technology and knowledge, and another for engineers on crop management in arid and semi arid zones.

The countries most vulnerable to such changes small island developing States, coastal nations with large numbers of people living in low lying areas, and countries in the arid and semi arid tropics and subtropics are least able to protect themselves. They also contribute least to the global emissions of greenhouse gases.

The Asian TPN 3 on rangeland management in arid areas, including the fixation of shifting sand dunes, was launched in 2001.

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

There are indeed academies and research centres in the region specializing in the study of arid areas and management of water resources.

Attention should be paid to the implications of each of these farming types in relation to semi arid and dry sub humid ecosystems.

It is also noted that in a context of a sustained population dynamic in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid dry areas, the strategies to be devised must take account of the characteristics of the land that can be exploited in a sustainable way, so as to support the populations' lifestyles and ways of making a living.

More than 90 per cent of the land in the region is hyper arid or desert, while the remaining area is classified as dry .

Biodiversity conservation programmes are supported by most organizations (UNEP, UNU, UNESCO, IUCN, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD), etc.).

Many difficulties nevertheless remain, in areas as diverse as ensuring consistency between decision making centres, coordination of institutional levels of action, choice of priorities for development and the challenges of combating desertification, expertise with technical tools suited for arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas, conditions for making financial resources available, and enhancement of the capabilities of stakeholders on the ground.

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