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Making a Difference

Publication date: 2002

Source: UN Convention to Combat Desertification

31 May 2006 | EN

This 55-page report (in English and French) contains case studies on how dryland communities and external organisations have tackled land degradation in Africa and Asia. The case studies were written from the perspective of non-governmental organisations in developing countries, and published by the UN convention secretariat in Bonn.

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