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Linking Land and Soil to Climate Change.The UNCCD in the Context of Global Environmental Governance

The main focus of this work is centered on the rapidly growing research area of Global Environmental Governance. Based on a sound analysis of the changing role, structure and policies of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), he investigates how the multiple aspects of desertification, land degradation and drought can be better integrated into the ongoing climate change…

Linking Land and Soil to Climate Change.The UNCCD in the Context of Global Environmental Governance
Sustainable Land Management in Practice. Guidelines and Best Practices for Sub-Saharan Africa

These guidelines have been developed based on FAO’s and WOCAT’s extensive experience. The book draws, in particular, on WOCAT’s network and its database of SLM knowledge - as well as on WOC AT’s first overview book entitled ‘Where the land is greener’. These guidelines were implemented in the framework of the TerrAfrica partnership, whose main objective is to mainstream and upscale SLM in SSA,…

Sustainable Land Management in Practice. Guidelines and Best Practices for Sub-Saharan Africa
European Union interinstitutional style guide

One of the European Union’s priorities and vital tasks is to disseminate information in all languages. People are not generally aware of the scale and complexity of this task, and the ever-increasing amount and multilingual character of the documentation to be distributed, and it is only through continual development of the techniques used and constant rationalisation that the task can be…

European Union interinstitutional style guide
Abatement cost curves relating past Greenhouse Gas emissions to the economic gains they allowed. Four approaches are described to analyze land use change in tropical forest margins in the context of REDD+

Abatement curves summarize the costs that are involved in reduction of pollution, in this case net greenhouse gas emissions, based on the volume of various types of emissions and the expected cost per unit emission reduction. Such representations support policy development, identifying an initial focus on the low-cost high-volume emission categories. Four approaches are described and compared to…

Abatement cost curves relating past Greenhouse Gas emissions to the economic gains they allowed. Four approaches are described to analyze land use change in tropical forest margins in the context of REDD+
Deserts and aeolian desertification in China

The book scientifically reveals the origins and mechanisms of deserts and Aeolian desertification in China. effectively proves that deserts are the outcome of nature while Aeolian desertification is a product of irrational human activities. clarifies the prolonged divergence of views on deserts and Aeolian desertification. and solves some important theoretic questions concerning Aeolian…

Deserts and aeolian desertification in China
Deserts and aeolian desertification in China. Maps

The maps scientifically reveals the origins and mechanisms of deserts and Aeolian desertification in China. effectively proves that deserts are the outcome of nature while Aeolian desertification is a product of irrational human activities. clarifies the prolonged divergence of views on deserts and Aeolian desertification. and solves some important theoretic questions concerning Aeolian…

Deserts and aeolian desertification in China. Maps