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Enne G., Zucca c., Zanolla C.
constitutes the NRD fulfilment of the engagement taken on at the International
Seminar on the CCD Impact indicators, organised by OSS-CILSS at the UNESCO
in Paris in the summer 1999. On that occasion a first definition of common terms
of reference was achieved. In particular, this study is an attempt of the NRD to
provide the international scientific community with a comprehensive framework of
desertification indicators as well as guidelines deriving from an accurate
methodological research.
The report is the result of a critical appraisal of the state of the art in the field of
Desertification, starting from the Rio de Janeiro conference up to the present day,
setting out a methodological approach in line with the CCD mandate and inspired
from the recommendations and decisions of the CST -UN-CCD and of the first three
COP held in Rome, Dakar and Recife. The COP-3 in particular, held in Recife in
November 1999, focused on the urgent need to draw up a synthesis of work
accomplished in the sphere of indicators in order to proceed as soon as possible to
the next phase of testing these indicators.
This report is thought to provide both a comprehensive vision of the approach
adopted by international organisations to the problem of desertification, and also and
above all, important methodological indications for the identification and selection
of the different types of indicators and for their use within the NAPs and RAPs.
Indications as to the method and the course to follow, overriding the hierarchical
and relational confusion that often exists when different disciplinary fields are at
play, to lay the ground, without bias, for an unequivocal and objective interpretation
of indicators and their application.
4.2 Contents
The report is divided into three parts, as follows:
The first part deals with the background of the Desertification indicator concept,
with a summary of scientific progress made from Rio onwards by the Conference of
Parties technical and scientific bodies on the subject of indicators and a brief
analysis is made of the environmental and socio-economic specificities of the
Northern Mediterranean Annex. This section also clarifies the position and role of
all the indicators that are part of the large family of indicators for use in the
implementation ofthe Convention (Fig. 1).
In part two, a synthesis of the most recent achievements in the field of
Desertification indicators for the European countries of the Mediterranean is made
and some suggested methods are described with reference to the identification and
management of indicators.
The third and last part contains useful information for those wishing to
undertake further research on the subject of indicators to assess Desertification
(bibliographical references, organizations and research and experimental
programmes under way, addresses and web sites devoted to indicators).
Enne G., Zucca c., Zanolla C.
constitutes the NRD fulfilment of the engagement taken on at the International
Seminar on the CCD Impact indicators, organised by OSS-CILSS at the UNESCO
in Paris in the summer 1999. On that occasion a first definition of common terms
of reference was achieved. In particular, this study is an attempt of the NRD to
provide the international scientific community with a comprehensive framework of
desertification indicators as well as guidelines deriving from an accurate
methodological research.
The report is the result of a critical appraisal of the state of the art in the field of
Desertification, starting from the Rio de Janeiro conference up to the present day,
setting out a methodological approach in line with the CCD mandate and inspired
from the recommendations and decisions of the CST -UN-CCD and of the first three
COP held in Rome, Dakar and Recife. The COP-3 in particular, held in Recife in
November 1999, focused on the urgent need to draw up a synthesis of work
accomplished in the sphere of indicators in order to proceed as soon as possible to
the next phase of testing these indicators.
This report is thought to provide both a comprehensive vision of the approach
adopted by international organisations to the problem of desertification, and also and
above all, important methodological indications for the identification and selection
of the different types of indicators and for their use within the NAPs and RAPs.
Indications as to the method and the course to follow, overriding the hierarchical
and relational confusion that often exists when different disciplinary fields are at
play, to lay the ground, without bias, for an unequivocal and objective interpretation
of indicators and their application.
4.2 Contents
The report is divided into three parts, as follows:
The first part deals with the background of the Desertification indicator concept,
with a summary of scientific progress made from Rio onwards by the Conference of
Parties technical and scientific bodies on the subject of indicators and a brief
analysis is made of the environmental and socio-economic specificities of the
Northern Mediterranean Annex. This section also clarifies the position and role of
all the indicators that are part of the large family of indicators for use in the
implementation ofthe Convention (Fig. 1).
In part two, a synthesis of the most recent achievements in the field of
Desertification indicators for the European countries of the Mediterranean is made
and some suggested methods are described with reference to the identification and
management of indicators.
The third and last part contains useful information for those wishing to
undertake further research on the subject of indicators to assess Desertification
(bibliographical references, organizations and research and experimental
programmes under way, addresses and web sites devoted to indicators).