Mechanisms for managing desertification risks to increase the stability of disturbed ecosystems are shown. The possibility of cooperation between countries and interested parties on preventing the effects of droughts, degradation and desertification, and preserving the integrity of ecosystems, including the Russian-Chinese-Mongolian Agreement, was considered. A priority area is the exchange of experience between countries in combating climate change, as well as in matters of biodiversity protection and waste management. It is noted that a number of modern programs and technologies for drought prevention and drought tolerance, for combating degradation and desertification are widely used throughout the world and are effective. In Russia, 334.5 thousand hectares of protective forest plantations were laid during the period 2001-2020. Over the past 20 years, as part of the project to control the sources of sandstorms in Beijing and Tianjin, an area of 9.5 thousand hectares has been afforested, and barriers for sand have been installed on an area of 66 thousand hectares. India is working to rehabilitate 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030. Eleven African countries, members of the African Union, plan to build 7 thousand km of reforestation zones in order to combat desertification.
biodiversity, strategy for combating desertification, international cooperation
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