National action programme to combat desertification, in the context of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD): volume l, status of desertification
Contents:
- Status of drylands and desertification in the world
- India-General profile, land use classification and land use pattern
- Desertification monitoring and assessment and drought early warning
- Factors, processes and impacts of desertification
- Measures to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought
- Policy, strategy and legislative framework
- Planning, programmes and institutional framework
- Monitoring mechanisms
- Technologies for combating desertification.