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Unsustainable resource management practices are often induced by population pressures and poverty. People affected by desertification often need to draw on their limited assets in order to survive, which accentuates their poverty. This constitutes a vicious cycle linking deteriorating natural resources to deteriorating livelihoods as people need to encroach further on fragile soils, sparse…

Soil information, from the global to the local scale, has often been the one missing biophysical information layer, the absence of which has added to the uncertainties of predicting potentials and constraints for food and fiber production. The lack of reliable and harmonized soil data has considerably hampered land degradation assessments, environmental impact studies and adapted…

Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in the context of WOCAT is defined as the use of land resources, including soils, water, animals and plants, for the production of goods to meet changing human needs, while simultaneously ensuring the long-term productive potential of these resources and the maintenance of their environmental functions. The ultimate goal of this exercise is to improve the…

This environmental education kit for dryland countries is intended for secondary (and late primary) school teachers and their pupils in countries affected by desertification. The kit offers a creative approach to environmental education and is designed to arouse pupils's curiosity, appeal to their artistic sensibilities, and provide a leverage for better transmission of scientific…

The kit consists of an expanded and improved second edition of Atlas of the Gran Chaco, basic contents, methodologies and techniques, teaching guides, a collection of stories, legends and poems, an atlas CD, CD and education training for sustainable development of the Gran Chaco and a CD containing the manual for trainers. With all this material, it seeks to contribute to the work…

The book "Speak to Win" reveals time-tested tricks of the trade you can use to present powerfully and speak persuasively, whether in an informal meeting or in front of a large group of people.You will learn how to * Become confident, positive, and relaxed in front of any audience * Grab people's attention from the start * Use body language, props, and vocal…