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Successfully combating desertification has proven to be a demanding endeavour. Fifteen years since the UNCCD was signed, its implementation record remains poor worldwide and in Mediterranean Europe. Desertification is a complex socio‐environmental problem, which requires long‐term efforts towards integrating environmental concerns in sectoral and development policies, coordination among sectors, policies,...