The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was introduced and approved in Paris on the 17th June 1994.
Two of the most important reasons for the establishment of this convention were:

The first internationally recognized definition of the term desertification is due the UNCOD (United Nations Conference on Desertification), in 1977, which stated it was “the diminution or destruction of the biological potential of land, and can lead ultimately to desert-like conditions”

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This is the site of the Platform of Services developed in the frame of the Project Desertnet2 The Project DesertNet 2, aiming to combat desertification through a system of pilot actions in the Mediterranean basin, is funded by the European Program Interreg IIIB. Its principal objective is to continue the Desertnet experience, developing and integrating it with innovating aspects.

Specific objectives
- Enforcing and widening the partnership;
- Structuring a system of pilot actions linked to local planning and programming processes;
- Implementation, animation, integration of new tools in the Platform of Services;
- Multi-sectoral and wide-scale coordination and integration, efficient transfer mechanism of results to institutions;
- Promotion of sensitizing actions towards local people and spread of results.