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… 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 … growth, current challenges in balancing water supply and demand will become more difficult, as will the …

… 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 … to natural and human destruction due to the small water containment in soil. status and trends in global land …

… 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 … they recover slowly from disturbance. With a limited supply of water, new soils form very slowly; salts once …

… their livelihoods. As a consequence it undermines food, water and livelihood security, human health, and energy supply, with further implications for poverty, conflict and … value as well as productive value, providing food and water, fuel and fibre, employment, waste purification, and …