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Economic theory, as well as empirical findings, suggest that the way in which agricultural support is provided has an influence on land markets, because payments capitalise to some degree into land values, affecting both the sale and rental price of land. This would also have effects on the transfer efficiency of support, on structural change, etc. However, the type of agricultural support is not…

Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals requires urgent action to address land and forest degradation, chemical pollution, water scarcity and contamination, loss of biodiversity and lack of access to sustainable energy resources. These critical environment and energy concerns are clearly linked to widespread poverty and threats to global security. What is not…

The second edition of ISDR-Biblio is on Drought, Desertification and Water scarcity. Drought is one of the major threats among natural hazards to people’s livelihood and socio-economic development. Drought tends to occur less frequently than other hazards. However, when it does occur, it generally affects a broad region for seasons or years at a time. This can result in a larger…

Drought and desertification threaten the livelihoods of more than 1 billion people in 110 countries, but men and women do not share the burden equally or in the same ways. As desertification takes hold in dryland areas, women’s already limited access to productive assets such as land, water and livestock decreases, further straining their ability to care for their families and manage natural…

Desertification has emerged as an environmental crisis of global proportions, currently affecting an estimated 100 to 200 million people, and threatening the lives and livelihoods of a much larger number. As a result of desertification, persistent reductions in the capacity of ecosystems to provide services such as food, water and other necessities, are leading to a major decline in the well…

This is a record of the proceedings of the conference »Desertification: a security threat? - Analysis of risks and challenges« held in the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin on June 26, 2007. The speeches and discussions have been edited for reasons of space. The conference was realised by the Federal Foreign Office in cooperation with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and…