Rio s stepchild
UN CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION
In force from December 1996, Ratified by 145 countries
The convention The persistence of countries from Africa, where two-thirds of the land area is either desert or dryland, led to the decision to adopt the Convention to Combat Desertification ( ccd ) at Rio in 1992. The main elements of the convention include
- establishment of a global legal framework
- creation of a system for exchanging information on ways to combat desertification
- principles that include a