United Nations Convention To Combat Desertification

United Nations Convention To Combat Desertification

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa is a Convention to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements.

The Convention, the only convention stemming from a direct recommendation of the Rio Conference's Agenda 21, was adopted in Paris on 17 June 1994 and entered into force in December 1996. It is the first and only internationally legally binding framework set up to address the problem of desertification. The Convention is based on the principles of participation, partnership and decentralization - the backbone of Good Governance and Sustainable Development. It now has 194 country Parties to the Convention, making it truly global in reach.

To help publicise the Convention, 2006 was declared "International Year of Deserts and Desertification" but debates have ensued regarding how effective the International Year was in practice.

  • opened for signature - October 14, 1994
  • entered into force - December 26, 1996

Read more about United Nations Convention To Combat Desertification:  Country Parties, The UNCCD Secretariat, The Conference of The Parties (COP), Committee On Science and Technology (CST), Group of Experts (GoE), National, Regional and Sub-regional Programmes

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