Desertification and Development (1998, No. 15)

that NFAs urge their governments to ratify the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, and furthermore to:

1. ensure the full participation of local women in political, economic and technical decision-making in areas affected by drought and desertification;
2. support research on, and the transfer of, alternative renewable energy technologies, such as hydroelectricity, solar and wind energy, for individual and community use; and
3. support the dissemination of culturally specific information on economically viable, environmentally sound, and socially acceptable alternative renewable energy technologies, and on the more efficient use of traditional methods to communities and families.