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Climate Change Risk Profile: Azerbaijan

Reports & Research
January, 2017
Azerbaijan
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land policies
environment
climate change
land degradation
agriculture
biodiversity
water
This profile provides an overview of climate risk issues in Azerbaijan, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture, water resources, human health, tourism, and coastal resources and infrastructure. The brief includes an overview and climate summary of Azerbaijan, as well as projected climate changes. Also included is information on sector impacts and vulnerabilities to climate change, the policy context and information regarding ongoing climate change projects in Azerbaijan.
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Republic of Armenia: Land Degradation Neutrality National Report

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Armenia
Forest Landscape Restoration
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land policies
land degradation
forestry
deforestation
pastoral lands
grasslands
grazing
This report summarizes the key outcomes of the national efforts carried out in 2014 and 2015 towards putting in practice the land degradation neutrality concept. The LDN project, which was sponsored by the Republic of Korea, was carried out with the support of the UNCCD Secretariat and implemented in partnership with the Joint Research Center of the European Commission and CAP 2100 International.
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How will land degradation neutrality change future land system patterns? A scenario simulation study

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2021
Turkey
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable development
climate change
land degradation
land use
land restoration
Land degradation is a major global issue and achieving a land degradation-neutral world is one of the Sustainable Development Goals. However, striving for land degradation neutrality (LDN) is challenged by increasing claims on land resources and could result in major land use conflicts. The aim of this study is to demonstrate how LDN can be implemented in land system modelling and how achieving LDN alongside sufficient supplies of food, timber and shelter could affect future land system patterns, using the Republic of Turkey as a case study.
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Pasture Management in Georgia

Current situation, frame conditions, potentials of development

Reports & Research
August, 2015
Georgia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land law
land policies
property law
land degradation
pastoral lands
agricultural land management
agriculture
pastoral land rights
pastoralists
A study was conducted with the goal of describing the current frame conditions of pasture use in Georgia and identifying the bottlenecks and obstacles that restrict the productivity of Georgian pastures and limit the income generated by Georgian farmers from pasture related agricultural activities. Whenever possible, findings were elaborated into concrete proposals for action, addressing the legislator, donors, or project implementers.
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Community Approaches to Sustainable Land Management and Agroecology Practices

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
Eritrea, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, South Africa, Gambia, Nigeria, Barbados, Cuba, China, Mongolia, Armenia
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
climate change
land degradation
agricultural land management
agriculture
forest management plans
sustainable land management
biodiversity
As of 2017, SGP has awarded over 3,800 small grants to land degradation projects in over 120 countries, many of which are in regions with extreme levels of poverty and food insecurity across Africa and Latin America. Africa, in particular, is experiencing the highest population growth of the developing world, while being exposed and vulnerable to the rising impact from climate change.
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Legal Instruments to implement the objective “Land Degradation Neutral World” in International Law

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
Brazil, United States of America, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land-use planning
land degradation
The protection of fertile soils is a precondition for sustainable development. In the final document of the conference of the United Nations on sustainable development in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20 Conference), the international community thus agreed to strive for a “land degradation neutral world”. The legal study by Ecologic Institute, Berlin, firstly scrutinizes some national legislation (Germany/EU, USA and Brazil) in order to identify legal instruments which are suitable for the implementation of the goal of a “land degradation neutral world”.
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Arab Environment Future Challenges: 2008 Report of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development

January, 2008
Western Asia, Northern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
development
desertification
land degradation
The state of the Arab environment stands at a pivotal juncture with numerous environmental problems both current and imminently threatening the region. Among the major challenges being faced are water scarcity, land degradation and desertification, inadequate waste management, coastal and marine environment degradation and air pollution.
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Costing Adaptations through Local Institutions

Village Survey Results - Yemen

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
February, 2011
Yemen, Western Asia, Northern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
desertification
food security
land degradation
land use
natural disasters
rural areas
urban areas
water management
The objectives of the Costing Adaptation through Local Institutions (CALI) study were (a) to identify the costs of adaptation through local institutions, and (b) to investigate which institutions help households adapt to climate variability, which efforts and costs are needed to realize the adaptation options, and how they facilitate adaptation to climate variability. The study was carried out in Ethiopia, Mali, and Yemen. This report discusses the results for Yemen.
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The Republic of Armenia Climate Change and Agriculture Country Note

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
June, 2012
Armenia, Europe, Central Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
agrarian reform
capacity development
climate change
deforestation
desertification
farmers
food security
forestry
land degradation
land use
natural disasters
natural resources management
rural areas
rural development
rural population
sustainable development
This country note for Armenia is part of a series of country briefs that summarize information relevant to climate change and agriculture for three pilot countries in the Southern Caucasus Region, with a particular focus on climate and crop projections, adaptation options, policy development and institutional involvement. The note series has been developed to provide a baseline of knowledge on climate change and agriculture for the countries participating in the regional program on reducing vulnerability to climate change in Southern Caucasus Agricultural systems.
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Environmental degradation assessment in arid areas: a case study from Basra Province, southern Iraq

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Iraq
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
urbanization
desertification
land degradation
Evaluation of recent land degradation affecting Basra Province, Iraq, resulted in the identification of five prominent environmental degradation processes: desertification, secondary salinization, urbanization, vegetation degradation, and loss of wetlands.