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This report examines trends in dryland land degradation and success in its control since the ratification of the UNCCD in 1994. An attempt is made to identify the key drivers of these successes and the contribution made to them by the UNCCD. It finds that progress with land degradation control is clearest when initiatives have focussed on social and economic development with land degradation…

Forest management is becoming increasingly complex due to the need to balance highly varied interests by an increasingly wide range of stakeholders. A widening range of recognized products and services from trees and forests is also challenging the ecological, social, and economic criteria that are often applied in making choices of management…

The Global Mechanism (GM) and the Community of Sahel- Saharan States (CEN-SAD) co-organized an experts’ consultation in Tripoli (Libya) from 26 to 29 November 2007, entitled ‘Desertification, Migration and Local Development’. This initiative was launched under the partnership between the two institutions on crosscutting issues that are crucial for sustainable natural resource management (NRM) and…

The objectives of this essay are to promote a reflection on the interrelationships between different environmental degradation processes and migration, particularly forced migration, and to suggest the coordinated implementation of five policy action points that should be considered in order to anticipate and be prepared should the frequently predicted large-scale environmentally-driven…

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…

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…