United Nations Environment Programme ISSN 0379-2455 Desertiffication Control Bulletin A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification, Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation Number 34, 1999 L. - -f. - • 4:f •;: L '4 . p.,. • .r. •• A J,L, •;r • • . - F--.-- .p .• fir- Desertification Control Bulletin United Nations Environment Programme Number 34, 1999 lii /iiii lid/lid i/iL f/il ill//lid/i 11/ 1w d Iii il/h/il Iiaii /111/it I it/f/i / i/)/( i/Ic/i S 11 liii ill/i c)/ // H/cl /1'S/oil / hc li/ic St sand has been h/own away, leaving behind a coarse sterile landscape. International Events on Desertitication Control Issues in Desertification/Land Degradation Control hr Mutsa C/iasi Summary of the Second Conference of the Parties to the Convention and Edit/i Mussukuva .................................................................................... 67 to Combat Desertification ................................................................................... The Zabré Women Agro-Ecological Project, Burkina Faso: A Success UNEP Governing Council 20th Session 1-5 February 1999 Story in Desertification/Land Degradation Control hr Ractne Kane and 73 Decision 20/10 - Land Degradation ..................................................................4 HenriM. Lo ................................................................................................... Collective and Family Woodlands Project in Tiogo forest Reserve. Desertification/Land Degradation and its Control Burkina Faso: A Success Story in Desertification/Land Degradation Environmental Security in the Drylands of Africa: The Role of Science Control hr Rae/tie Kane and I'Ie,tri M. La ................................................... 79 and Technology 6r M.B.K. Darkoh .................................................................6 Newsfrom UNEP ........................................................................................84 Ecology. People and the Environment: A Challenge to the Educators of UNEP's Effort Tctwards the Implementation of the United Nations hr V.R. Squires .................... ................. IS Managers of Drylands Restoration Convention to Combat Desertification 1997-19911: Sumntary ...................84 Baseline and Growth Indicators for Dcsertification in the Saharo-Sahelian UNEP and UNDP Join Forces in the GEF Land Degradation Area of Mauritania and their Monitoring from 1953 to 19911 Cross-Cutting Area .......................................................................................87 by Monique Mainguer, E, -édéric Dumar. Mo/tamed Lemi tie Ould El I-/ac cit. and A /tniedou Ould Mah fond ...............................................2 I BookReview ................................................................................................88 118 India's Approach to Combat Drought and Desertification: An Analysis The Lost Camels of Tartary hr Jo/tn Hare ......................................... ......... f,y hr R.N. Kaul, A. Kumar and S.K. Purl ...........................................................I Man in the Desert L.P. B/,a,a,a .............................................................. 89 Reclamation and Management of Eroded Soils Proceedings of Gender Dimension in Relation to Desertification Control Initiatives in the UNEP/CIP/VNIALMI International Training Course, 15th September Southern African Development community hr Wilhant Ru,yuniantu ........... 41 to 5th October Edited hr Pat'/orskv Ye S. Vol gogi'ad................................ 89 Integrating Gender Issues into NAP Process in Zimbabwe hr Entntanuel C/tinvamakohru ... .................................................................... 411 Newsof interest ........................................................................................... 90 Extent. Severity and Causative Factors of Land Degradation in the Request for Articles and Photographs .........................................................90 Sudan hr A/i Ta/ta Aroub ................................................................................S2 Submittong Success Stories to UNEP ..........................................................90 Indicators of Desertification in Kuwait and their Possible Management Agroenviron-98 Statement ........................................................................91 hr Shabbir. A. S/ia/tid, Samira A.S. Omar and Samir Al-Ghas'a.s ................ 61 Pollution can be controlled, says Pakistan Scholar .....................................92 Culture and the Environment: The Case of Cameroon ...............................92 Saving the Drylands: Successful Initiatives International Conference on Desertification and Soil Degradation, The Social Work Research Centre Barefoot College: A Success Story Moscow, I I – IS November 1999 .................................................................95 Cover: Traditional thatched-roof huts belonging to #tornad pastoralists in the Cholistan desert, Pakistan. Photo: Mohanirnad Arshad. Desertification Control Bulletin, N° 34, 1999 The United Nations Convention to One of the main aims of the bi- Articles Photographs in the bulletin are Combat Desertification (CCD) annual Desertification Control printed black and while. For which came into force on 26 De.sertifii ation Control Bulletin Bulletin is to disseminate satisfactory results, high quality December 1996. lays Out new invites articles from the world's information on, knowledge of, black and white prints 18 cm x 24 measures to be undertaken by scientists and specialists interested desertification problems and to cm (8 in x 10 in) on glossy paper are governments of affected countries in the problems arising from or present news about the programmes, essential. Diapositive slides of high and by those in a position to help. associated with the spread of activities and achievements in the quality may be accepted: however, It is a comprehensive treaty, with dcscrti fication. an innovative participatory implementation of the CCD around theirquality when printed black and approach aimed at involving all the world. Articles published in the white in the bulletin cannot he stakeholders. De.vertification Control Bulletin do Audience guaranteed. 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