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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.