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LACK OF LINKAGES BETWEEN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT:

Another criticism of the process was that stronger links should have been drawn between the environment and development components of the problem. The Convention became a development convention negotiated largely by Northern aid specialists and Southern environmental experts and bureaucrats and diplomats, rather than an environmental convention. Although this may not be altogether negative in the context of combatting desertification, it does illustrate the fact that the linkage between environment and development -- sustainable development -- is still more of a concept than reality.