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GLOBAL AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM:

Perhaps the most important accomplishment of the INCD process is the international attention that has been mobilized around the problem of desertification. Many have argued that regardless of the specificities in the final Convention, the process itself has been a success in providing a networking forum for those affected by desertification, with donors, affected developing countries, UN agencies, intergovernmental organizations and NGOs. These numerous contacts have already laid the groundwork for future partnership arrangements to combat desertification.