TY  - BOOK
TI  - Desertification, rangelands and water resources working group : : final thematic report
AV  - Pamphlet SD235. A38.
PY  - 2008///
CY  - [Place of publication not identified] : 
PB  - [United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)], 
KW  - Forests
KW  -  Afghanistan
KW  - Deserts
KW  - Wild plants
KW  - Water management
KW  - Plants
KW  -  Pictorial works
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  -  description and travel
N1  - Cover title.
“February, 2008”.
“GEF ; UNEP”—cover page
; Contents: Executive summary—List of tables—List of figures—Acronyms and abbreviations—1. Introduction—1. Biophysical assessment—2. Institutional and capacity overview—3. Stocktaking : activities realized in Afghanistan that improve compliance with UNCCD—4. Identify capacity needs and opportunities for capacity development at the individual, organizational and systemic levels—5. Conclusion—Annexes
N2  - Summary: “Desertification is of major international concern. Globally it is estimated that 70 percent of the world’s dry lands (excluding very arid desert) or some 12 million square kilometers are already degraded, undermining the land’s productivity by adversely affecting the fertile topsoil, vegetation cover and crop production. As such, desertification contributes to dynamics that include poverty, famine, migration and large economic losses. More that 250 million of the earth’s inhabitants are directly affected by economic losses…”—(page iv)
ER  -