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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.