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4. (f) Encouraging and promoting popular participation and environmental education, focusing on desertification control and management of the effects of drought. [Chapter 12, Para 4 (f)]

12. (a) Undertake and update existing inventories of natural resources, such as energy, water, soil, minerals, plant and animal access to food, as well as other resources, such as housing, employment, health, education and demographic distribution in time and space; [Chapter 12, Para 12 (a)]

14. (b) Promote the involvement of the local population, particularly women and youth, in the collection and utilization of environmental information through education and awareness-building. [Chapter 12, Para 14 (b)]

43. Governments at the appropriate level, with the support of the relevant international and regional organizations, should undertake nationwide major anti-desertification awareness/training campaigns within countries affected through existing national mass media facilities, educational networks and newly created or strengthened extension services. This should ensure people's access to knowledge of desertification and drought and to national plans of action to combat desertification. [Chapter 12, Para 43]

F. Encouraging and promoting popular participation and environmental education, focusing on desertification control and management of the effects of drought [Chapter 12, Section F.]

56. (a) To develop and increase public awareness and knowledge concerning desertification and drought, including the integration of environmental education in the curriculum of primary and secondary schools; [Chapter 12, Para 56 (a)]

56. (c) To ensure that the partners understand one another's needs, objectives and points of view by providing a variety of means such as training, public awareness and open dialogue; [Chapter 12, Para 56 (c)]

57. (f) Develop training programmes to increase the level of education and participation of people, particularly women and indigenous groups, through, inter alia, literacy and the development of technical skills; [Chapter 12, Para 57 (f)]

62. (a) Support and/or strengthen institutions involved in public education, including the local media, schools and community groups; [Chapter 12, Para 62 (a)]

62. (b) Increase the level of public education. [Chapter 12, Para 62 (b)]