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ARTICLE 17 -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:

This Article states that Parties will support research activities that: contribute to increased knowledge of the processes leading to desertification and drought; address the specific needs of local populations; protect, integrate, enhance and validate traditional and local knowledge, know-how and practices; develop and strengthen national, subregional and regional research capabilities in affected developing country Parties; take into account the relationship between poverty, migration and desertification; promote the conduct of joint research programmes; and enhance the availability of water resources in affected areas.