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Acronyms<br />

CAP EU Common Agriculture Policy<br />

DESIRE Desertification Mitigation and Remediation of <strong>Land</strong><br />

DESMICE Desertification Mitigation Cost Effectiveness model<br />

DSS Decision support system<br />

EU European Union<br />

FAO UN Food and Agriculture Organisation<br />

GEF Global Environmental Facility<br />

GLASOD Global Assessment of Soil Degradation<br />

HIS DESIRE Harmonised In<strong>for</strong>mation System<br />

LADA <strong>Land</strong> Degradation Assessment in Drylands<br />

LUS <strong>Land</strong> Use System<br />

LUT <strong>Land</strong> Use Type<br />

NGO Non-Governmental Organisation<br />

NRM Natural Resource Management<br />

PESERA Pan-European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment<br />

QT WOCAT questionnaire on SLM technologies<br />

QA WOCAT questionnaire on SLM approaches<br />

QM WOCAT questionnaire <strong>for</strong> mapping land degradation and SLM<br />

SIP Site Implementation Plan<br />

SLM Sustainable <strong>Land</strong> Management<br />

UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification<br />

UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme<br />

WOCAT World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies<br />

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