29. 继全球环境基金（全球基金）的大会决定使土地退化成为该基金的中心领域，在成功地执行《防治荒漠化公约》的范围内，将更有力和以更多经费处理砍伐森林问题。还预期将在 2003 年 8 月 25 日至 9 月 5 日在哈瓦那举行的公约缔约方第六届会议将对全球基金提议作为公约的财务机构一事作出决定。
29. Further to the decision of the Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to make land degradation a focal area of the Facility, deforestation is going to be addressed with more focus and more funding in the context of a successful implementation of the Convention to Combat Desertification. It is also expected that the sixth Conference of the Parties to the Convention, due to take place in Havana from 25 August to 5 September 2003, will take a decision on the Facility’s offer to become a financial mechanism of the Convention.