UNCCD Sand and Dust Storm Toolbox

The SDS Toolbox provides tools, guidance and information which can be used to identify the sources of sand and dust storms, develop and implement management policy, plans and strategies, assess risks and vulnerabilities to SDS, understand how to observe, monitor, forecast and provide warnings of SDS and develop and implement ways to mitigate the impacts of sand and dust storms. There are five modules:

• MODULE 1: Mapping and monitoring SDS sources;
• MODULE 2: Observation, monitoring, forecasting & early warning;
• MODULE 3: Risk and vulnerability assessment and mapping;
• MODULE 4: Source control and management;
• MODULE 5: Impact mitigation.