However, progress had already been made on combating land degradation and improving soil and water management by the Governments and rural populations concerned, in partnership with United Nations and other agencies, well before the Convention had come into being.
不过，各国政府和有关农村人口早在《公约》出台前就与联合国及其他机构一道防治土地退化并改善土壤和水管理，而且已取得了进展。