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050	0	0	_aPamphlet SD235. _bA38. _cD474 2008
245	0	0	_aDesertification, rangelands and water resources working group : _bfinal thematic report.
260			_a[Place of publication not identified] : _b[United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)], _c2008.
300			_aviii, 47 pages : _billustrations ; _c30 cm.
500			_aCover title. “February, 2008”. “GEF ; UNEP”—cover page.
504			_6Includes bibliographical references.
505			_aContents: 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.
520			_aSummary: “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).
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650		0	_aForests _z Afghanistan.
650		0	_aDeserts _z Afghanistan.
650		0	_aWild plants _z Afghanistan.
650		0	_aWater management _z Afghanistan.
650		0	_aPlants _z Afghanistan _x Pictorial works.
651		0	_aAfghanistan _x description and travel.
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