However, the declaration has been criticised for lacking concrete targets. (desmogblog.com)
By the end of the 13th meeting of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Ordos, China, 113 countries had agreed to specify concrete targets with clear indicators, to rehabilitate more land and reverse degradation, which currently affects over a third of the world's land resources. (www2.unccd.int)
15 September 2017 — Ordos, China — By the end of the 13th meeting of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, 113 countries had agreed to specify concrete targets with clear indicators, to rehabilitate more land and reverse degradation, which currently affects over a third of the world's land resources. (www2.unccd.int)