Land Restoration: Reclaiming Landscapes for a Sustainable Future provides a holistic overview of land degradation and restoration in that it addresses the issue of land restoration from the scientific and practical development points of view. Furthermore, the breadth of chapter topics and contributors cover the topic and a wealth of connected issues, such as security, development, and environmental issues. The use of graphics and extensive references to case studies also make the work accessible and encourage it to be used for reference, but also in active field-work planning.
Land Restoration: Reclaiming Landscapes for a Sustainable Future brings together practitioners from NGOs, academia, governments, and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to exchange lessons to enrich the academic understanding of these issues and the solution sets available.
Key Features
Provides accessible information about the science behind land degradation and restoration for those who do not directly engage with the science allowing full access to the issue at hand.
Includes practical on-the-ground examples garnered from diverse areas, such as the Sahel, Southeast Asia, and the U.S.A.
Provides practical tools for designing and implementing restoration/re-greening processes.
Part 1: Social Contexts of Land Restoration
Part 2: Concepts and Methodologies for Restoration and Maintenance
Part 3: Soil, Water, and Energy—the Relationship to Land Restoration
Part 4: Economics, Policy, and Governance of Land Restoration
Part 5: The Community as a Resource for Land Restoration
Part 6: Gender in the Context of Land Restoration
Part 7: Communities, Restoration, Resilience
Part 8: Selected Case Studies
Part 9: Suggestions for Ways to Use This Book
Part 10: Concluding Remarks and a Way Forward