What is the relationship with other environmental conventions?
Desertification is closely linked with global climate change and loss of biodiversity. Synergies are strongly encouraged between the three so-called Rio conventions – the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) – to widen the impact of measures undertaken. It underlines the need to coordinate activities related to environmental protection and natural resource management and the complementary nature of the three conventions at all levels. A Joint Liaison Group (JLG) was thus established in 2001 between the secretariats of the three conventions. The JLG collects and shares information on the work programmes and operations of each convention.
