It has also raised awareness of the public and key actors of the interrelationships with other social and environmental issues and of the importance of combating desertification.
另外，这类活动还提高了公众以及关键人物或机构对防治荒漠化问题与其他社会和环境问题之间的关系以及防治荒漠化工作的重要性的认识。