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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… land degradation to support decision making in land and water management ” and in 2013 in Bonn on “Economic … Workshop 2.2: Agro-ecosystems Workshop 2.3: Soil and water issues Workshop 2.4: Knowledge and knowledge transfer … 125 DROUGHT VIS-A-VIS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT-A MEANS FOR ATTAINING SUSTAINABILITY AND …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Desertification: the invisible frontline

… some neighbors claimed our trees were drawing too much water from the ground. We cut them down. Our harvests fell. … chad or afghanistan were in before local conflicts over water or land turned into civil wars, sexual violence or … migrants or they turn to radicalization, extremism or resource-driven wars for survival. if we are to restore …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

… Strengthen natural resource governance and tenure security … their livelihoods. As a consequence it undermines food, water and livelihood security, human health, and energy … value as well as productive value, providing food and water, fuel and fibre, employment, waste purification, and …
20 Jun 2026 Literature

Desertification and Climate Change

… of feedbacks between land degradation and precipitation. Water resources are inextricably linked with climate. Annual average river runoff and water availability are projected to increase by 10-40% at … organic mat- ter decomposition, leaching, and soil water regimes— will be infl uenced by temperature increase; • …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Desertification - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… of land resulting from land use or from processes such as water or wind erosion. The United Nations General Assembly … Dryland areas are conventionally defined in terms of water stress so that the ratio of mean annual precipitation … highly variable rainfall and high potential for water logging and salinization, especially of irrigated …
20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… through remote sensing, atmospheric weather monitoring and water conservation monitoring, among others. … implementation. In addition, some (sub-)regions prepared resource mobilization strategies to support the …
20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere