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Find out more about:
-- desertification
-- the UNCCD
-- this project
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| The UN Convention to Combat Desertification defines desertification as: "land degradation in arid, semiarid and subhumid tropics caused by a combination of climatic factors and human activities." Thus, work on desertification-related issues includes a wide range of both
- sustainable development topics such as
- local economic development,
- gender issues,
- poverty eradication,
- relief delivery and food security, and
- scientific topics such as
- climate change research
- natural resources management
- ecology, zoology and botany of arid lands
This web site houses the UNCCD Information Network Project Database. The goal of Phase I of this project is to gather, assemble into a database, and provide basic information on institutions, organizations and networks that are currently working on desertification-related issues. This project is being conducted by an international consortium under the auspices of the U.N. Environment Programme.
- This database can be freely searched by anyone who is interested in learning about desertification-related activities currently being carried out in arid, semiarid, or subhumid tropical regions of the world.
- If your institution is already participating in this survey, you can submit, revise or update your institution's entry on this web site. To access the data entry login screen, enter the database password in the box below (letters can either be all uppercase or all lowercase). Then, either click on the "Submit Password" button with your mouse, or hit the "Enter" key on your computer's keyboard.
- Is there an institution you think we are missing? If, after exploring the database, you would like to suggest any additional institution(s) (perhaps your own?) for inclusion in this survey, please let us know!
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