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As part of a natural resource accounting project undertaken in Namibia, livestock accounts have been drawn up and are being used to analyse the relationship between numbers of livestock, rainfall, land degradation, and economic and policy variables. Part of the analysis concerns an investigation into trends in cattle numbers, changes in cattle biomass and the productivity of livestock in…

The objective of this paper is to examine the interrelationships and links between population activities (mainly in agriculture and forestry) and environmental degradation in the Sudan, and their impact on the population at large and on women in particular. Most studies made in the area suggest that these activities and the environment are not in harmony. Despite its diversity and high potential,…

The aim of this paper is to examine the background to the Desertification Convention and to evaluate Australia's potential role in helping to prevent or alleviate dryland degradation

The objective was to determine if long-term increases in precipitation can maintain grasslands susceptible to desertification, and initiate a reversal of historic regime shifts on desertified shrublands. Perennial grass production and species richness in a multi-year wet period were hypothesized to be greater than expected based on precipitation in a sequence of dry years. These responses were…

The guidelines set out principles and internationally accepted standards of responsible practices for the use and control of land, fisheries and forests.

This synopsis highlights key findings from the following reports of the International Resource Panel: A) Priority products and materials: assessing the environmental impacts of consumption and production; B) Decoupling natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth; C) Metal Stocks in Society; D) Recycling Rates of Metals; and E) Assessing biofuels: towards sustainable…