Sustainable management of land use, particularly of water, soils and vegetation, in affected areas 6 11 6

Sustainable management of land use, particularly of water, soils and vegetation, in affected areas 36 40 11

AOAD Arab Organization for Agricultural Development

Sustainable management of land use, particularly of water, soils and vegetation, in affected areas

These courses have also considered the requirements under the GEF Operational Programme on sustainable land management.

Sustainable management of land use, particularly of water, soils and vegetation, in affected areas

(d) Awareness creation among stakeholders at subregional level regarding the Convention and the problems of sustainable land management.

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An enlightened public is more likely to accept measures to address land degradation and to adopt sustainable land management practices.

This proposed enabling project on land degradation relates to the GEF's Operational programme OP 15 Sustainable Land Management.

The latter includes a plan of action for ensuring the sustainable management of land, water and forest resources and environmental protection of small island developing States.

The objective of the Operational Program on Sustainable Land Management is to mitigate the causes and negative impacts of land degradation on the structure and functional integrity of ecosystems through sustainable land management practices as a contribution to improving people's livelihoods and economic well being,

(5) Regional Training Center on Sustainable Land Management

The project fosters community led approaches, training, capacity building, interaction of landowners and farmers, and sustainable and dryland indigenous management practices.

Country Parties may consider it beneficial to adopt appropriate policy and regulatory measures to safeguard sustainable land management and the sustainable use of natural resources.

In such a situation, great hopes are raised by the central role assigned to sustainable management of soils where GEF assistance is concerned.

In the future, the GEF considers the country partnerships at the national level to be the best way to achieve results in sustainable land management.

The United Nations University (UNU) has undertaken collaborative research and a capacity building programme on sustainable land management in drylands, with emphasis on international sharing of experience.

Financing sustainable forest management

Some participants referred to the leading role for the FAO in this respect need for establishing an effective financial mechanism for the implementation of sustainable forest management promote a study of the financial consequences of the different modalities.

(c) Sustainable development of energy resources

The use of best practices was viewed as important in promoting effective land management systems.

In addition, two full projects on improving sustainable management and capacity building, including finalization of NAPs, have been admitted to the pipeline.

With the declaration of 2006 as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification, action is required at all levels to promote political engagement, advocacy and awareness raising for sustainable land management in the context of the Convention.

Criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management

(a) Sustainable management of shared water resources

Within the framework of the rehabilitation of degraded lands, including integrated water resources management, UNESCO is working on a new interregional project, Sustainable Management of Marginal Drylands (SUMAMAD) , which will benefit north African and Asian countries.

The new operational program 15 (OP 15) Sustainable Land Management describes the strategic guidance for GEF supported initiatives, which have to monitor the impact on the ecosystem health and sustainable livelihoods based on agricultural and forest activities.

In addition to the medium sized project that supported the preparation of national reports in Africa mentioned in section A above, the secretariat has been involved, among others, in the formulation of the following projects that have been prepared for submission to the GEF

NAPs must be supported as an evolving process which should gradually contribute to the mainstreaming of sustainable land and water management into the PRSPs and or national development strategies.

In its report, the UNEP laid stress on the holding of regional training workshops, with a view to helping the countries to take better advantage of the approaches of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) regarding sustainable land management.

Progress towards sustainable forest management

It also appealed for an increase in the level of resources allocated to sustainable land management during the fourth replenishment of the Trust Fund.

(e) Achieving sustainable forest management also depends on good governance at all levels

IFAD will contribute with the preparation of analytical case studies and the latest innovative approaches to sustainable land management in workshops planned for February 2005 in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Cameroon.

The global programme will support efforts and partnerships addressing the MYFF service lines on strategies for sustainable development http www.undp.org energyandenvironment index fssd.html water governance access to sustainable energy services sustainable land management, biodiversity conservation and persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

(c) Maintenance of Great Britain's biodiversity through encouraging mixed cropping and continued active agricultural land management.

(a) To promote sustainable management of tropical timber producing forests, taking into account the contribution of non timber forest products and ecological services to sustainable forest management and

(c) Articulating the concept of sustainable forest management more clearly

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Sustainable fisheries management is essential for poverty reduction.

These factors can make unsustainable practices more profitable than sustainable forest management.

What is more, they have made a major contribution to linking their desertification control activities to those of other subregional and regional organizations, thus helping to enhance the coherence of sustainable land management policies in the regions mentioned.

Adoption of sustainable land management practices and efficient processing and recycling technologies could be promoted by providing financial incentives such as preferential market access, lower taxes or duty and low cost credit to companies adopting such technologies.

As far as the GEF is concerned, a range of eligible projects has been prepared and submitted as part of the Operational Programme on sustainable land management.