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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2016Western Africa
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsMarch, 2021Global
Indicator 15.3.1: Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2019China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia
Deforestation, land degradation, and unsustainable land management threaten our lives and are responsible, both directly and indirectly, for many economic, social and environmental issues. In particular, countries in Northeast Asia face the growing threats of desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD). In China, it is estimated that “more than 40 per cent of Chinese arable land is degraded” (China Daily 2014). “The annual cost of land degradation in Mongolia is estimated at 2.1 billion United States dollars (USD)” (UNCCD, 2018).
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1998Global
Drawing on a wide variety of international scientific and technical assessments and policy reports, this comprehensive study depicts the linkages - both physical and biochemical - between important environmental issues.
It also discusses how interlinked, global environmental issues can be confronted in an integrated manner and how such issues influence our ability to meet basic human needs. See also trends, causes, social and economic consequences, technologies, policies and measures to mitigate desertification and land degradation. -
Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1986
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1987
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJune, 2007Afghanistan
Land is very important natural resource to the human being as it provides the basis for more than 95% of human food. On the broader context, land has many other functions, e.g. provision of biological habitats and physical and connective space; regulation of hydrology and climate; storage of minerals, raw materials and historical/pre-historical records; and as a buffer to control waste and pollution. Expanding human requirements and economic activities are placing ever increasing pressures on land resources, creating competition and conflicts and resulting in suboptimal use of land.
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Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsVideosVideosSeptember, 2019Latin America and the Caribbean
David Barrio - Oficial de Asuntos Económicos de la División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) habla sobre el ODS 15. La desertificación y la deforestación son dos grandes retos para el desarrollo sostenible de la región, pues la pérdida o daño a los recursos naturales supone graves consecuencias ambientales y económicas.
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Proyecto "Hacia una Globalización Sostenible y Equitativa (GER/06/002)"
Reports & ResearchApril, 2008Latin America and the CaribbeanEn el presente documento se analizan los principales temas relacionados con el desarrollo agropecuario y rural, y la situación del medio ambiente y los recursos naturales de América Latina y el Caribe en el período 1990 a 2005. El documento está estructurado en torno a cinco ejes temáticos: i) desarrollo productivo; ii) deforestación; iii) degradación y desertificación; iv) factores sociales y demográficos, pobreza, ingreso y empleo, y cambios poblacionales, y v) cambio climático y desastres naturales.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJuly, 2008Chile
La presente investigación se inscribe en el análisis de la problemática asociada al cambio climático global, aplicado a uno de los problemas más relevantes del ecosistema semiárido chileno, cual es la determinación de las tendencias de los caudales reales con que se contará para la planificación del desarrollo rural y urbano futuro.
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