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The Land in Numbers

… THE LAND IN NUMBERS LIVELIHOODS AT A TIPPING POINT FOREWORD … the numbers highlight how much we rely on productive land. Amongst other valuable services, land feeds our … larger than South America) have the potential for land rehabilitation and forest restoration. 45 • The cost of land
02 Jul 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… March 2015, Cancún, Mexico “Combating desertifi cation/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and … Mexico http://3sc.unccd.int “Combating desertification/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and … and policy making PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF AN ECOLOGICAL REHABILITATION PROJECT IN INLAND RIVER BASINS IN NORTHERN …
02 Jul 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Desertification: the invisible frontline

… afghanistan were in before local conflicts over water or land turned into civil wars, sexual violence or genocide. nor … a billion inhabitants are rural, a majority lives off the land and desertification is a constant threat to their … than 1.5 billion people in the world depend on degrading land, and 74% of them, like Maria, are poor. Under the United …
02 Jul 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Desertification - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… or loss of biological or economic productivity of land resulting from land use or from processes such as water or wind erosion. The … leaving negligible profit at the community level for land rehabilitation. Similarly, the development of an economy …
02 Jul 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

CBD: Measures for Conservation and Sustainable Use - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Development and Environment, of Physical Planning, Land and Forest Management and of Agriculture, Animal … a view to furthering the protection of these areas; The rehabilitation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and the … microorganisms; Adoption of measures for the recovery and rehabilitation of threatened species and for their …
02 Jul 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

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

… a number of conventions dealing with matters related to land degradation, desertification and/or drought, such as the … focusing specifically on the problem of desertification, land degradation and drought is the United Nations Convention … desertification and the effects of drought, including rehabilitation of degraded lands. …
02 Jul 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… - lakes, ponds, rivers and coastal fringes - and any land which is regularly or intermittently covered or … and it is governments who, in various ways, control land use within their borders. It is therefore surprising how … integrating conservation and management; recovery and rehabilitation; and legislation. A book containing a …
02 Jul 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… where the water table is at or near the surface of the land, or where the land is covered by shallow water. The Ramsar Convention takes … fish and shrimp ponds, farm ponds, irrigated agricultural land, salt pans, reservoirs, gravel pits, sewage farms and …
02 Jul 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or … often led to communities being forcibly relocated from land that had in some cases been their traditional homelands … tion, protection, conservation, presentation and rehabilitation of this heritage ...’. The World Heritage …
02 Jul 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC

… the protection of plants (both cultivated and wild, on land or in aquatic environments), the ap- plication of … 2018. This example of responsible production and natural rehabilitation provides benefits to the environment and to … for sustainable agriculture, it is necessary to use more land and implement more efficient production sys- tems, new …
02 Jul 2026 Document in Biological Diversity