The Egyptian Government Affair Agency (EEAA) is the government agency in charge of all environmental issues. They work on a range of environmental problems from a local to national scale. The main problems they are focusing on are desertification, climate change and pollution.
The Egyptian Government must fulfil the following criteria to be successful in eradicating the issue of desertification. They are:
1. The Egyptian Government must stop desertification and the continual growth of arid lands.
2. The Egyptian Government must reverse the effects of desertification and turn the arid land back into fertile land suitable for agricultural use.
The Egyptian Government satisfies the first and second criteria as they are successful in almost completely stopping the desertification from continuing and in reversing the effects of it. In 2002 the EEAA made and put into action the National Environmental Action Plan of Egypt (NEAP) that covered the time period from 2002 to 2017. NEAP was a success and following the plan has made huge changes to the environment on a national scale. On a local scale, the plan was a huge success. The main strategy used to stop and reverse the effects of desertification was the integration of the holistic management approach in farms and fertile lands bordering the desert. The use of this in many local areas has affected the nation positively. Though the complete process will take time the EEAA satisfies both criteria and are therefore are successful in eradicating the threat of desertification in Egypt.
From the picture below we can see that the EEAA is making good progress. This can be seen as Egypt's increasing rate of agricultural production, around 30% increase, as shown by the green seeds, as that can only occur if more land is being used to grow crops. This means that there is an increasing amount of fertile land forming so the EEAA's efforts are successful.
The Egyptian Government must fulfil the following criteria to be successful in eradicating the issue of desertification. They are:
1. The Egyptian Government must stop desertification and the continual growth of arid lands.
2. The Egyptian Government must reverse the effects of desertification and turn the arid land back into fertile land suitable for agricultural use.
The Egyptian Government satisfies the first and second criteria as they are successful in almost completely stopping the desertification from continuing and in reversing the effects of it. In 2002 the EEAA made and put into action the National Environmental Action Plan of Egypt (NEAP) that covered the time period from 2002 to 2017. NEAP was a success and following the plan has made huge changes to the environment on a national scale. On a local scale, the plan was a huge success. The main strategy used to stop and reverse the effects of desertification was the integration of the holistic management approach in farms and fertile lands bordering the desert. The use of this in many local areas has affected the nation positively. Though the complete process will take time the EEAA satisfies both criteria and are therefore are successful in eradicating the threat of desertification in Egypt.
From the picture below we can see that the EEAA is making good progress. This can be seen as Egypt's increasing rate of agricultural production, around 30% increase, as shown by the green seeds, as that can only occur if more land is being used to grow crops. This means that there is an increasing amount of fertile land forming so the EEAA's efforts are successful.