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Drylands cover 41 percent of the earth’s terrestrial surface. The urgency of and international response to climate change have given a new place to drylands in terms both of their vulnerability to predicted climate change impacts and their potential contribution to climate change mitigation. This book aims to apply the new scientific insights on complex dryland systems to practical options for…

This policy-focused, global and multidisciplinary security handbook on Facing Global Environmental Change addresses new security threats of the 21st century posed by climate change, desertification, water stress, population growth and urbanization. These security dangers and concerns lead to migration, crises and conflicts. They are on the agenda of the UN, OECD, OSCE, NATO and EU. In 100…

Migration, both within and beyond borders, has become an increasingly prominent theme in domestic and international debates, and is the topic of the 2009 Human Development Report (HDR09). The starting point is that the global distribution of capabilities is extraordinarily unequal, and that this is a major driver for movement of people. Migration can expand their choices —in terms of incomes,…

To some extent, the international development community has already recognised the importance of establishing funding mechanisms that allow countries to decide their own priorities, and to promote better national ownership. Promoting ownership, alignment, harmonisation of aid, managing for results and mutual accountability in addition to increasing the amount of funds available in the global…

Land is the foundation for all life-sustaining processes on Earth. Land supports the vast proportion of Earth’s biodiversity and, through its physical, chemical, and biological attributes, underpins a wide range of ecosystem goods and services that humanity depends on for survival. This includes provisioning services such as food and water; regulating services such as regulation…

In a majority of countries affected by desertification, commodity production is the main source of income.Primary agricultural production involves a large majority of active populations. In general, farm productivity in many Least Developed Countries(LDCs) with dryland conditions has remained low, and occasional growth has been achieved mainly from increasing the area under cultivation. The…