INVESTIGADORES
ABRAHAM Elena Maria
capítulos de libros
Título:
State of the Art on existing indicators and their use for desertification monitoring and CCD implementation in Latin American and the Caribbean
Autor/es:
ABRAHAM, E. M. (COORD.), L. TORRES, E. GUTIERREZ ESPELETA, H. JIMENEZ VILLANUEVA & G. FEBLES
Libro:
“AIDCCD - Active Exchange of experience on indicators and development of perspectives in the context of UNCCD. Report on the state of the art on existing indicators and CCD implementation in the UNCCD Annexes
Editorial:
European Commission, NRD
Referencias:
Lugar: Sassari, Italia; Año: 2005; p. 189 - 286
Resumen:
I- Executive summary   It is particularly clear in Annex III how burdensome issues related to desertification are and to what extent they affect a high percentage of land and population. Nevertheless, it is necessary to highlight how thoughtless the national and local governments turn on this issue, and how it taints at international levels for the seriousness of desertification in other annexes. Meanwhile, poverty and desertification clasp together at the most in areas where poor people are so dependant on limited and severely degraded resources. As for the implementation of indicators and points of reference, B&I methodology is unanimous within the annex, what becomes obvious since almost all countries support this pattern. However, implementing B&I and setting to work “Desertification Monitoring and Assessment of Integral Systems” are deeply unequal from one member country to the other. Hence, while some countries have advanced on identifying and/or developing indicators systems and points of reference to further combat desertification, others are still initiating and concentrated on creating and consolidating institutional / organizing structures and capacities in order to design and contain combat actions (PAN). Within this framework, no countries have been found to add B&I to design and implementation, nor to measuring impact of each PAN. The participation of international cooperation projects has been an outstanding contribution to consolidate and hasten the B&I definition process. As countries become more involved in international exchanges, likewise enhance the results on measuring and combating desertification. On account of the topics dealing with indicators and points of reference available in the annex at the present time, B&Is command physical – biological support (land, vegetation, fauna, climate, water resources). Antropic scale indicators have grown in less, even when socio-economic aspects show a wider growth when compared with institutional ones. The latter have not developed these days whilst impact indicators of actions carried out lag behind. As regards the working scales prevailing in identified and developed B&Is, national scales dominate in detriment to local ones. Nevertheless, it is comprehensible for the scope of experiences carried out in the annex which, as mentioned, have headed firstly towards the organization and consolidation of National Action programs to later proceed with minor working scales (local). Even when national working scales are predominant in the annex, it has done its best at designing participatory indicators on the initial actions carried out with local inhabitants. Meanwhile, working alliances have been consolidated among scientific, governmental and non-governmental sectors.