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In view of the importance of providing a better understanding of the
interactions among climate, drought, and desertification, WMO and the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) co-sponsored a study on
this subject, and the results were published in
Interactions of Desertifica-
tion and Climate
(Williams and Balling, 1996). This topic helped clarify
some of the key issues in the debate on the contributions of climate and
anthropogenic activities to desertification. In seeking to understand and
quantify the interaction between desertification and climate, this study in-
cluded a comprehensive analysis of human impact on surface and atmo-
spheric conditions in drylands, the impact of human activities on climate,
the impact of climate on soils and vegetation, the impact of climate on the
hydrological cycle, human land use in drylands and the influence of cli-
mate, linkages between interannual climatic variations in drylands and the
global climate system, and future climate changes in drylands and mitiga-
tion. Finally, some rehabilitation strategies to combat desertification were
recommended as well as an urgent need to establish accurate baseline data
relating to dryland degradation using consistent and uniform methods and
criteria.
A number of capacity-building activities are also undertaken by AGMP
regarding agricultural droughts. Some of the recent activities include:
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WMO/UNSO Training Seminar/Workshop on Drought Prepared-
ness and Management, Banjul, Gambia (September 1995)
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Workshop/Training Seminar on Drought Preparedness and Man-
agement for Northern African Countries, Casablanca, Morocco
(June 1996)
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Workshop on Drought and Desertification, Bet Dagan, Israel (May
1997)
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Roving Seminar on Agrometeorology related to Extreme Events,
Pune, India (April-May 1997)
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Roving Seminars on the Application of Climatic Data for Drought
Preparedness and Management of Sustainable Agriculture, Accra,
Ghana (November 1999), Beijing, China (May 2001)
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International Workshop co-sponsored by UNDP/UNSO and WMO
on Coping with Drought in sub-Saharan Africa: Best Use of Climate
Information, Kadoma, Zimbabwe (October 1999)
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Expert Group Meeting on Wind Erosion in Africa, Cairo Egypt
(April 1997)
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Expert Group Meeting on Early Warning Systems for Drought Pre-
paredness and Drought Management, Lisbon, Portugal (September
2000).
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Proceedings of some of these workshops were published (Sivakumar et al.,
1998; UNDP/UNSO and WMO, 2000; Wilhite et al., 2000; WMO, 1997,
1998, 2000; WMO and UNDP/UNSO, 1997).
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