Strengthening international cooperation on fragile ecosystems

Agenda 21 recommends building up the knowledge base and understanding by creating mechanisms for cooperation and information exchange among national and regional institutions working on fragile ecosystems.

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

1. Promoting international cooperation on the environment
2. Managing fragile ecosystems

1. Integrating anti-desertification programmes into national sustainable development plans
2. Improving coordination among anti-desertification agencies

1. Preserving natural ecosystems
2. Improving management systems for highland valleys

1. Noncooperation
2. Fragility
3. Cooperation