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Dryland restoration should be facilitated and enhanced through dynamic and participatory decision making processes. Progressive and reflective learning drive change in decision makers (in communities and in government) towards a better understanding of why institutional arrangements, seedling quality and management matter to successful dryland restoration. Restoration attempts…

The UNCCD places “humans at the centre of concerns to combat desertification and to mitigate the effects of drought” (UNGA, 1994); and the second and third objectives of the UNCCD Strategic Framework for 2018-2030 aim, respectively, to “improve the living conditions of affected populations”, and to “mitigate, adapt to, and manage the effects of drought in order to enhance resilience of vulnerable…

Everlyne Nairesiae (UN-Habitat) is a social scientist, with over 17 years of experience working on gender, land and natural resource governance at policy and practice; strategic planning; research; program monitoring and evaluation at national, regional and internal level. She is the Coordinator of the Global Land Indicators Initiative (GLII) at the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN);…

André Francisco Pilon held different positions: Associate Professor (University of São Paulo); Psychologist (State Court of Justice); Director (Health Education, Ministry of Health); Journalist (Editor-in-chief, Journal Academus; Collaborator, Journal da USP); His affiliations include the International Academy of Science, Health & Ecology, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification …

Graham von Maltitz is a research fellow of the Botany Department, University of Stellenbosch. He was previously a principle researcher and research group leader of the Global Change and Ecosystems Dynamics group of the Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) unit, CSIR, South Africa, where he has over 30 years of experience. He trained as a systems ecologist, and rural development…

Recent calls to change the SDGs and to lower ambition confuse two issues. The first is whether goals, such as universal access to healthcare, education, safe water, and clean energy, are achievable by 2030, which includes issues of technical and operational feasibility as well as affordability. The second is whether such goals are likely to be achieved given the failure rich countries to honor…