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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought
… International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Global Drylands Initiative, CEM, WCEL, WCPA and … Sustainable Land Management (SLM) approaches … their livelihoods. As a consequence it undermines food, water and livelihood security, human health, and energy …
Desertification: the invisible frontline
… some neighbors claimed our trees were drawing too much water from the ground. We cut them down. Our harvests fell. … and being displaced as they search for scarce water resources. Without restoring degraded land and securing it … of the land through deforestation and inappropriate land management, which is compounded by recurrent severe droughts, …
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 … clearance of marginal lands for cultivation, poor management of arable land including over use of fertilizers … is exacerbated by the impact of climate change, as water resources are linked to climate change. According to the …