Climatology → Arid Zones
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Organizations relating to Arid Zones
Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa / Addis Ababa, Ethiopia / Est. 1962
Agence Panafricaine de la Grande Muraille Verte / Nouakchott, Mauritania / Est. 2010
European Drought Centre / Wageningen, Netherlands / Est. 2004
West African Women's Association / Dakar, Senegal / Est. 1984
FAO-ICARDA International Technical Cooperation Network on Cactus / Santiago, Chile / Est. 1993
Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification / Bonn, Germany / Est. 1999
Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands / Damascus, Syrian AR / Est. 1968
Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel / Tunis, Tunisia / Est. 1992
Special Emergency Assistance Fund for Drought and Famine in Africa / Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire / Est. 1984
Fondation Déserts du Monde / Algiers, Algeria / Est. 2002
Réseau Sahel Désertification / Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso / Est. 2010
International Arid Lands Consortium / Tucson AZ, USA / Est. 1989
Sahara Resource Network / Port Elizabeth, South Africa / Est. 2001
Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research / Beersheba, Israel / Est. 1974
Association of Arid Lands Studies / Lubbock TX, USA / Est. 1977
Tree Aid / Bristol, UK / Est. 1987
Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Research on Arid Areas / Biskra, Algeria / Est. 1991
Regional Water Centre for Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Latin America and the Caribbean / La Serena, Chile / Est. 2003
Institut des régions arides, Tunisia / Médenine, Tunisia / Est. 1976
Saharan Studies Association / Stanford CA, USA / Est. 1992
Regional Centre for Training and Water Studies of Arid and Semiarid Zones, Cairo / Cairo, Egypt / Est. 2002
SAHARA for Life Trust / Lahore, Pakistan
International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies / Lubbock TX, USA / Est. 1966
Future Forest / Seoul, Korea Rep / Est. 2001
Fundación para el Desarrollo de Zonas Secas y Semiaridas de Mesoamérica / Guatemala, Guatemala / Est. 2009
Trans Africa Pipeline / Toronto ON, Canada / Est. 2005
Scientific Council for Africa South of the Sahara / Est. 1950
Concerted Action for African Development / Est. 1979
Commission for Technical Cooperation in Africa South of the Sahara / Est. 1950
Committee of Islamic Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel / Est. 1981
Institute of Arab Research and Studies / Cairo, Egypt / Est. 1953
Inter-Agency Working Group on Desertification / Est. 1977
Conseil panafricain pour la protection de l'environnement et le développement / Est. 1982
Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development / Est. 1986
International Sonoran Desert Alliance / Ajo AZ, USA / Est. 1994
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
Phyto-sanitary Convention for Africa South of the Sahara / Est. 1954
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification / Bonn, Germany / Est. 1994
Association internationale Zaïre-Hydro-Sahel
North African Seed Bank
SOS déserts transcontinental / Brussels, Belgium
Association internationale "Se servir de la saison sèche en Savane et au Sahel" / Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Transsahara - Caravanes sans frontières / Marseille, France / Est. 1977
International Committee on Aridisols / Washington DC, USA
Association solidarité pour les populations sahariennes et sahéliennes / Brussels, Belgium
Asociación de Familiares de Presos y Desaparecidos Saharauis / Madrid, Spain
International Drought Information Center, University of Nebraska / Est. 1988
Gesellschaft für Interdisziplinäre Sahara-Forschung / Est. 1974
Actions pour la lutte contre la desertification au Sahel
International Training Centre for Eremology / Est. 1989
View all profiles (127 total) in the Yearbook of International Organizations
World Problems relating to Arid Zones
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialDesertification
Drought
Threatened polar desert habitats
Disruption of arid zone ecosystems
Threatened desert habitats
Threatened xeromorphic dwarf-shrubland habitats
Inappropriate irrigation schemes
Threatened rangeland habitats
Desert nomadism
Action Strategies relating to Arid Zones
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialControlling locusts
Combating desertification
Managing drylands
Monitoring desertification
Improving national staff for assessing desertification
Developing drought preparedness for environmental refugees
Providing incentives for investment in forestry development in drylands
Exploring common property rights in semi-arid and saline areas
Improving coordination among anti-desertification agencies
Establishing indicators for assessing progress in combatting desertification
Assessing means for measuring consequences of desertification
Strengthening interdisciplinary research on drought prevention strategies
Improving seasonal forecasts to strengthen drought prevention
Assessing scientific, social and economic aspects of drought
Addressing problems of cultivation of marginal agricultural land
Strengthening anti-desertification authorities
Providing short-term rural employment for drought affected families
Developing technical competence in dryland agriculture
Establishing international capacity for responding quickly to drought related emergencies
Expanding international programmes for mitigating effects of drought
Strengthening international programmes to combat drought
Integrating anti-desertification programmes into national sustainable development plans
Providing special extension services in areas prone to drought
Restoring sustainable productivity in severely desertified drylands
Strengthening research on drought forecasting
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