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Article 4 Verdrag van de Verenigde Naties ter bestrijding van woestijnvorming in de landen die te kampen hebben met ernstige droogte en/of woestijnvorming, in het bijzonder in Afrika

Regional implementation Annex for Asia

1 In preparing and implementing national action programmes, the affected country Parties of the region, consistent with their respective circumstances and policies, may, inter alia, as appropriate:

a) designate appropriate bodies responsible for the preparation, coordination and implementation of their action programmes;

b) involve affected populations, including local communities, in the elaboration, coordination and implementation of their action programmes through a locally driven consultative process, with the cooperation of local authorities and relevant national and non-governmental organizations;

c) survey the state of the environment in affected areas to assess the causes and consequences of desertification and to determine priority areas for action;

d) evaluate, with the participation of affected populations, past and current programmes for combating desertification and mitigating the effects of drought, in order to design a strategy and elaborate activities in their action programmes;

e) prepare technical and financial programmes based on the information derived from the activities in subparagraphs a) to d);

f) develop and utilize procedures and benchmarks for evaluating implementation of their action programmes;

g) promote the integrated management of drainage basins, the conservation of soil resources, and the enhancement and efficient use of water resources;

h) strengthen and/or establish information, evaluation and follow up and early warning systems in regions prone to desertification and drought, taking account of climatological, meteorological, hydrological, biological and other relevant factors; and

i) formulate in a spirit of partnership, where international cooperation, including financial and technical resources, is involved, appropriate arrangements supporting their action programmes.

2 Consistent with article 10 of the Convention, the overall strategy of national action programmes shall emphasize integrated local development programmes for affected areas, based on participatory mechanisms and on the integration of strategies for poverty eradication into efforts to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought. Sectoral measures in the action programmes shall be grouped in priority fields which take account of the broad diversity of affected areas in the region referred to in article 2 a).

Regeling
Verdrag van de Verenigde Naties ter bestrijding van woestijnvorming in de landen die te kampen hebben met ernstige droogte en/of woestijnvorming, in het bijzonder in Afrika
Soort
Verdrag
Geldend vanaf
06-09-2001
BWB-id
BWBV0001192
Versie
2001-09-06_0

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