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Land degradation is a major challenge for sustainable development and poverty reduction across the world. However, poverty does not need to always lead to land degradation and to subsequent vicious cycles exacerbating poverty. Poor farmers have a stronger dependence on land, hence stronger incentives to sustainably manage it. Reducing poverty by land…

Droughts are significant drivers of land degradation, which in turn has adverse effects on resource-dependent rural populations and can potentially lead to livelihood losses and subsequent migration out of affected areas. Linkages between land degradation and migration are complex and not particularly well documented, as they occur within a larger context of multi-scale interactions of socio…

Land degradation threatens livelihoods with the potential to displace vulnerable groups, yet its impacts on migration are poorly understood as environmental migration research mainly focuses on the impacts of climate change on migration. We argue that addressing this gap is vital as land degradation poses risks for sustainability. Land degradation can fuel migration and displacement…

In the last few years, the world has experienced numerous extreme droughts with adverse direct, cascading, and systemic impacts. Despite more frequent and severe events, drought risk assessment is still incipient compared to that of other meteorological and climate hazards. This is mainly due to the complexity of drought, the high level of uncertainties in its analysis, and the lack of community…

As a leading publisher in the scientific community, AGU maintains the highest quality standards and promotes best practices in scholarly publishing. We've created a simple six-step infographic to help you get published with AGU journals as well as a quick overview about our publications . Journals Our 23 peer reviewed journals are driven by editors who are recognized experts…

As a leading publisher in the scientific community, AGU maintains the highest quality standards and promotes best practices in scholarly publishing. We've created a simple six-step infographic to help you get published with AGU journals as well as a quick overview about our publications . Journals Our 23 peer reviewed journals are driven by editors who are recognized experts…