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Changes in water availability and variability can induce migration and ignite civil conflict. Food price spikes caused by droughts can inflame latent conflicts and drive migration. Where economic growth is impacted by rainfall, episodes of droughts and floods have generated waves of migration and statistical spikes in violence within countries. In a globalized and connected world, such problems…

Although much is known about the processes and effects of land degradation and climate change, little is understood about the links between them. Less still is known about how these processes are likely to interact in different social-ecological systems around the world, or how societies might be able to adapt to this twin challenge. This book identifies key vulnerabilities to the combined…

A methodology to assess the impacts of EU policies on land. What are the direct impacts of the EU policy on land use, land take and land degradation. Links between land take, land degradation and land efficiency and EU strategic objectives on land use and land degradation. It would be valuable to have a stronger information base for future assessments; for example, indicators related to…

A methodology to assess the impacts of EU policies on land. What are the direct impacts of the EU policy on land use, land take and land degradation. Links between land take, land degradation and land efficiency and EU strategic objectives on land use and land degradation. It would be valuable to have a stronger information base for future assessments; for example, indicators related to…

Land and soil are limited natural resources. ‘Land’, can be defined as the terrestrial bio-productive system that comprises soil, vegetation, other biota, and the ecological and hydrological processes that operate within the system (according to UNCCD Art 1e). It is fundamental for food and raw materials, for protecting biodiversity, for storing carbon emissions, for filtering contaminants…

Tackling high levels of food insecurity calls for innovative policy approaches that recognise that geography matters. Different territories need different policy responses to account for their particular challenges. Food security issues in remote rural areas are not the same as those in metropolitan areas, nor are the problems in one rural area the same as those faced by adjacent rural areas…