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The DESIRE project forms part of the European Union's on-going and prominent research commitment to the implementation of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. This, itself, is part of a wider set of global initiatives all launched within a decade of the millenium.
The three Rio Conventions are intrinsically linked, operating in the same ecosystems and addressing interdependent issues.
Source: »The Rio Conventions
The linkages and feedback loops among the three conventions are expanded in this diagram. Since climate change and biodiversity loss can contribute to desertification, it follows that measures to minimise and adapt to climate change and loss of biodiversity also help to avoid desertification.
Source: Linkages and feedback loops among desertification, global climate change and biodiversity loss. (2009). |
Global context
The bigger picture |
What is desertification? |
UNCCD |
Desertification research
Global collaboration |
Recent European research |
DESIRE Project |

Acknowledgement
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The DESIRE project was
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Contract no: 037046 GOCE
DESIRE brought together the expertise of
26 international research institutes
and non-governmental organisations.
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