INVESTIGADORES
ABRAHAM Elena Maria
informe técnico
Título:
?Report on the use of Indicators In The NAPs Relevant Activities In Annex III
Autor/es:
ABRAHAM, E. M. (COORD. ) L. TORRES (ARGENTINA), E. GUTIERRES ESPELETA (COSTA RICA) Y G. FEBLES (CUBA).
Fecha inicio/fin:
2004-01-01/2007-12-31
Páginas:
1-98
Naturaleza de la

Producción Tecnológica:
Social
Campo de Aplicación:
Medio terrestre-Degradacion
Descripción:
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 severly 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 insititutional 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.