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Desertification: the invisible frontline
… to sub-saharan africa where half a billion inhabitants are rural, a majority lives off the land and desertification is a … insecurity triggered riots in over 30 countries. But it is rural communities like those of Bangalala, who depend on … of fragile states and regional conflicts. economic growth, development and poverty eradication are the building blocks …
The UNCCD: Laying the groundwork for future security (2014-2015)
… cost-effective next step for national and international development agendas. It is a clear goal for the UNCCD and an … impacts the more than 1.2 billion of the world’s rural poor who depend directly upon the land for their food … Adaptation In practical terms, for most of the world’s rural population, real and effective climate change …
Environmental Security and the Role of Law
… 1987 Report of the World Commis- sion on Environment and Development (the ‘Brundtland Report’, published as Our Common … problems (such as the concept of sus- tainable development), which have thus far failed adequately to … that are expected to result from electrification of rural and peri-urban areas’. There are likely to be various …
International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2014
… 1987 Report of the World Commis- sion on Environment and Development (the ‘Brundtland Report’, published as Our Common … problems (such as the concept of sus- tainable development), which have thus far failed adequately to … that are expected to result from electrification of rural and peri-urban areas’. There are likely to be various …