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The 'Drylands, Deserts and Desertification ' (DDD) conference, organised by Ben Gurion University’s Blaustein Institute for Desert Research (BIDR) in Israel, with a panel discussion hosted by the British Council, takes place this week on 17-20 November. Vivian Futran Fuhrman , PhD candidate at Ben Gurion University, explains why desertification is a threat to us all. What is…

Global food production currently utilises approximately 4.9Gha of the 14.8Gha of land surface area on the planet, though only about 10Gha of the latter is capable of supporting productive biomass (ie not desert, tundra, mountains etc) for agriculture.[16,17] Thus some 50% of the available suitable land is already appropriated. The amount of land used for human habitation, in the form of towns and…

This book is about the ‘how’ of desertification control as opposed to an analysis of the ‘why’ and fills a gap in the desertification-related literature in that it shows what to do in situations ranging from fixing mobile sands to arresting accelerated soil erosion in sloping lands. There are numerous illustrations to show the successful techniques. This compilation demonstrates that…

This technical guide on Governing land for women and men aims to assist implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (FAO, 2012b) by providing guidance that supports the Guidelines’ principle of gender equality in tenure …

Decisions about resource tenure – or who can use what resources of the land for how long, and under what conditions – are among the most critical for forests and livelihoods in many contexts. As tenure systems increasingly face stress, with growing populations requiring food security and with environmental degradation and climate change reducing…

The purpose of the United Nations Challenge Badges is to raise awareness, educate and, most of all, motivate young people to change their behaviour and be active agents of change in their local communities. Challenge Badges are appropriate for use with school classes and youth groups, and are endorsed by WAGGGS and WOSM. They include a wide range of activities and ideas that can easily be adapted…