The West Asian context and SRAP related challenges:

The countries of West Asia are facing considerable economic, social and environmental challenges, which pose formidable threats to their future sustainable development. For the sake of brevity, only a selection of challenges directly related to desertification are highlighted here:

»  Population Pressure
»  Rapid Urbanisation
»  The Declining Natural Resource Base
»  Slow economic growth and increasing incidence of poverty
»  Integration of Stakeholders

Framework of a Subregional Action Programme to Combat Desertification and drought in West Asia:

Final endorsed version of the SRAP West Asia SRAP Coordinator: Mr. Abdu Al-assiri UNEP/ROWA Abdu.Alassiri@unep.org.bh Relevant meetings: »  Geneva, 9 Oct. 2001 »  Dubai, 16 Feb. 2000 SRAP Member countries: Bahrain Iran (Islamic Republic of) Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Syrian Arab Republic United Arab Emirates Yemen		Thematic Network 1 (TN1): Sustainable Water Management »  Mission Statement »  Supporting Agency: ICARDA »  Projects: - Inventory Study and Regional Database on Sustainable Water Management (click here for pdf-text of project proposal)
		Thematic Network 2 (TN2): Sustainable Management of vegetative cover »  Mission Statement »  Supporting Agency: ACSAD »  Projects: - new: Inventory study and sub-regional database on management of sustainable vegetative cover (click here for pdf-text of project proposal)