Governing Global Desertification : Linking Environmental Degradation, Poverty and Participation

Name: Governing Global Desertification
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780754643593
Price: 30950 KES
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ISBN: 9780754643593

by Pierre Marc Johnson

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Format Hardback

Book Series Global Environmental Governance

ISBN-10 075464359X

ISBN-13 9780754643593

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jun 28th, 2006

Print length 312 Pages

Weight 588 grams

Dimensions 16.60 x 24.10 x 2.70 cms

Product Classification: International relations Conservation of the environment

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This volume examines the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) signed in 1994. It studies the links between land degradation and poverty, the role of civil society and good governance in implementing the UNCCD and the various approaches to fighting desertification.

Desertification affects 70 per cent of the world''s arable lands in more than 100 countries. Inextricably linked to poverty, it is estimated that the livelihood of 250 million people are directly affected while another billion living in rural drylands are threatened by this phenomenon. This volume examines the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) signed in 1994. It studies the links between land degradation and poverty, the role of civil society and good governance in implementing the UNCCD and the various approaches to fighting desertification. Furthermore, it assesses the National Action Programmes, development planning and new avenues for strengthening implementation. Synthesizing the main strengths and weaknesses of the UNCCD as a tool for environmental and developmental governance, this informative volume highlights the main challenges facing the UNCCD in the future.

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