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ARTICLE-16: Information collection, analysis and exchange     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The Parties agree, according to their respective capabilities, to integrate and coordinate the collection, analysis and exchange of relevant short term and long term data and information to ensure systematic observation of land degradation in affected areas and to understand better and assess the processes and effects of drought and desertification. This would help accomplish, inter alia, early warning and advance planning for periods of adverse climatic variation in a form suited for practical application by users at all levels, including especially local populations. To this end, they shall, as appropriate: ...
... (ii) encompass relevant data and stations, including in remote areas; ...
... (iii) use and disseminate modern technology for data collection, transmission and assessment on land degradation; and ...
... (iv) link national, subregional and regional data and information centres more closely with global information sources; ...
... (c) support and further develop bilateral and multilateral programmes and projects aimed at defining, conducting, assessing and financing the collection, analysis and exchange of data and information, including, inter alia, integrated sets of physical, biological, social and economic indicators; ...
... (e) give full weight to the collection, analysis and exchange of socio-economic data, and their integration with physical and biological data; ...
... (e) give full weight to the collection, analysis and exchange of socio-economic data, and their integration with physical and biological data; ...


ARTICLE-19: Capacity building, education and public awareness     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (i) by training of decision makers, managers, and personnel who are responsible for the collection and analysis of data for the dissemination and use of early warning information on drought conditions and for food production; ...