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… 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 … have the potential for land rehabilitation and forest restoration. 45 • The cost of land restoration ranges from …

… 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 … by way of reducing degradation processes and scaling up restoration activities, the objective is to maintain and …

… 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 … drought effects 1975 2003 InvesTIng In large-scale resToraTIon InITIaTIves the climatic effects on land occur at …

… of India of ecosystems. For instance, when forest land is diverted or Afforestation (CA) over at least equal land area as the diverted forest land. In addition, a Net … large emphasis has been laid on the conservation, restoration and development of forests. Table 1 presents the …

… - 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 … administrative devices; the management, utilization and restoration of wetlands; the role of man-made aquatic …

… 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 … with development aid agencies; • to establish wetland restoration projects. c) Fostering communication about …

… International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) UNESCO World … 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 …

… we face are complex. But by better implementing good land management practices, we can simultaneously help … and secure sustainable agricultural and energy production. Land truly is the glue that holds our societies together. … bodies to demonstrate the multiple benefits of land restoration by profiling successful interventions that offer …

… 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 … objectives that relate to the integrated development of land, control of soil erosion, deforestation, reclamation of …

… Development and Environment, of Physical Planning, Land and Forest Management and of Agriculture, Animal … the protection of these areas; The rehabilitation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and the recovery of …