This National Action Programme, in line with the objectives of the United Nations Convention, identifies activities and solutions for combating land degradation and desertification in the driest provinces of Indonesia, through the development and implementation of sustainable land management measures. The implementation of this National Action Programme is achieved through the following actions: intensification of soil conservation activities, through afforestation and reforestation measures; developing drought preparedness and drought relief schemes, and strengthening research activities to obtain drought-resistant crops; promoting local community participation and environmental education; enhancing effective institutions to execute the programmes; monitoring of soil erosion and mapping of degraded land using appropriate technology; data management on land degradation; developing agroforestry demonstration areas and local knowledge in agroforestry practices for different soil fertility and land conservation; providing high quality seed/planting material; improvement of early warning systems; promoting rehabilitation of degraded forests and lands; improvement of irrigation facilities and water conservation measures, through the rehabilitation of watershed, the construction of ponds and harvested rain water based reservoir, the strengthening of the use of natural water resources.
Indonesia · 2002-12-01