The Convention to Combat Desertification
Swaziland National Action Programme

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Preamble
1.2 Defining the process
1.3 Purpose of the report
1.4 Scope of the report
1.5 Report preparation process

SECTION 2: DESERTIFICATION IN SWAZILAND

2.1 Introduction
2.2 Defining desertification
2.3 Desertification status in Swaziland
2.4 Causes of desertification
2.4.1 Climatic processes
2.4.2 Topography
2.4.3 Population distribution pattern
2.4.4 Human activities
2.5 Challenges to combating desertification

SECTION 3: EXECUTION OF THE NAP PROCESS

3.1 Introduction
3.2 NAP Execution Process
3.2.1 The Consultative Stage
3.2.2 Participation and Execution Stage
3.3 Specification of Roles and Responsibilities
3.3.1 The NAP
3.3.2 The National Steering Committee on Desertification (NSCD)
3.3.3 Participating Partners and Stakeholders
3.3.4 Participating International Agencies
3.3.5 The Focal Point / Secretariat / Co-ordination Unit
3.4 Project initiation and submission procedure
3.5 Project submission format
3.6 Project approval criteria
3.7 Renumeration
3.8 Potential sources of funding

SECTION 4: RESPONSES TO DESERTIFICATION

4.1 Introduction
4.2 Policy and regulatory responses
4.3 Institutional initiatives
4.4 Current and on-going programmes and project

SECTION 5: SETTING THE PRIORITIES

5.0 Introduction
5.1 Proper institutional framework for dealing with desertification
5.2 Chieftaincy disputes
5.3 Awareness and capacity building
5.4 Community participation at grass-root level
5.5 Reclamation and rehabilitation of degraded lands
5.6 Sustainable utilisation of land resources
5.7 Research and technology development
5.8 Proper siting and construction of infrastructure
5.9 Tree cutting and indiscriminate land clearing
5.10 Improvement of livestock management practices
5.11 Drought mitigation and poverty alleviation
5.12 Land use policy
5.13 Settlement and resettlement
5.14 Population policy

SECTION 6: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL ACTION PROGRAMME

6.1 Introduction
6.2 The guiding principles
6.3 The programme strategy
6.4 Detailed description of Programme areas
6.4.1 Institutional arrangements
6.4.2 Chieftaincy disputes
6.4.3 Promotion of awareness and capacity building
6.4.4 Promotion of active participation of communities in land management programmes
6.4.5 Reclamation and rehabilitation of degraded land to promote sustainable utilisation of land resources
6.4.6 Formulation of a national forestry policy and exploitation of forest products framework
6.4.7 Research and technology
6.4.8 Proper location of construction sites and physical infrastructure
6.4.9 Development of alternative energy sources
6.4.10 Improvement of livestock management practices
6.4.11 Drought mitigation and poverty alleviation strategies
6.4.12 Land use policy
6.4.13 Settlement and resettlement policy
6.4.14 Population policy

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