Resources

This guide aims to provide an overview of sand and dust storms and the impacts on agriculture and food systems. It gives a review of how agriculture can create SDS sources and highlights the impacts of SDS on agricultural production in source and deposition areas. It includes a range of high-impact, location- and context-specific practices to reduce SDS source and impacts on agriculture…

The aim of the Compendium is to provide information and guidance on how to assess and address the risks posed by sand and dust storms and plan actions to combat sand and dust storms. The Compendium brings together information and guidance from a wide range of sources. It includes approaches and methodology frameworks on data collection, assessment, monitoring and early warning, impact…

Decision 8/COP.9 requested the secretariat to generate advocacy policy frame- works on thematic issues in order to address the adverse impacts of DLDD, and to regularly inform affected countries and other key stakeholders on such proceed- ings that may be useful in the implementation of action programmes. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions on “Combatting…

Central Asia experiences frequent sand and dust storms (SDS), which have been made worse by human activity. The main objective of this study is to provide an economic analysis of the benefits of afforestation of the former Aral Seabed in Uzbekistan.Proper estimation and categorization of economic benefits associated with each scenario of landscape restoration enables the Government of…