National Plan to Combat Desertification in the Syrian Arab Republic. Country/Territory Syrian Arab Republic Document type Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Air & atmosphere, Environment gen., Land & soil, Water, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Desertification Climate change Erosion Gender Agricultural land Soil conservation/soil improvement Grazing Water shortage/drought Ecosystem preservation Geographical area Mediterranean, Middle East, NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, Western Asia Abstract This sectorial Action Plan aims at proposing measures to protect the national soil from deterioration, limit the land degradation and soil erosion, and to combat the desertification. It is meant as an implementation of the art. 4 of the International Convention to Combat Desertification of 1994. Full text Arabic