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The Atlas provides a pictorial overview of the application of land health surveillance science in the Sahel at multiple scales from regional to local levels. It illustrates unprecedented advances in earth observation using remote sensing from space, in the field and on the laboratory bench, combined with geographical information systems, and hierarchical statistical methods. The landscapes,…

In this synthesis report, the issue of tenure security is addressed and assessed in several countries where government, civil society, the private sector and development cooperation initiatives have been implemented for decades. The selected case studies from fifteen (15) countries ensure not only a geographic balance but they also represent countries with different socio-economic and land…

Land degradation remains controversial because of the lack of scientifically objective and consistent methods for monitoring and assessing the problem. The lack of reliable data poses a fundamental bottleneck to sound development policy and for assessing progress towards goals throughout the developing world. Land health surveillance borrows many scientific concepts andprinciples from the public…

Humankind currently faces interconnected, worldwide challenges of feeding our rapidly growing population while simultaneously preserving our natural resource base, adapting to climate change, and creating or maintaining favourable living conditions for present and future generations. The world’s population is growing exponentially. It is expected to rise from seven to more than nine billion…

The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one of scarcity. Over the last decade, world grain reserves have fallen by one third. World food prices have more than doubled, triggering a worldwide land rush and ushering in a new geopolitics of food. Food is the new oil. Land is the new gold. Welcome to the new geopolitics of food scarcity. As food supplies tighten, we are moving…

Renewable power generation can help countries meet their sustainable development goals through provision of access to clean, secure, reliable and affordable energy. Renewable energy has gone mainstream, accounting for the majority of capacity additions in power generation today. Tens of gigawatts of wind, hydropower and solar photovoltaic capacity are installed worldwide every year in a renewable…