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  1. Library Resource
    Climate change in the African drylands: Options and opportunities for adaptation and mitigation cover image
    Manuals & Guidelines
    Reports & Research
    November, 2009
    Global

    The drylands of Africa, exclusive of hyper-arid zones, occupy about 43 per cent of the continent, and are home to a rapidly growing population that currently stands at about 325 million people. Dry zones, inclusive of hyper-arid lands, cover over 70 per cent of the continent’s terrestrial surface. Outside of the cities many dryland inhabitants are either pastoralists, sedentary or nomadic, or agro-pastoralists, combining livestock-rearing and crop production where conditions allow.

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    Seguritizar La Tierra Y Atterizar La Seguridad cover image
    Reports & Research
    January, 2009
    Global

    En la no tan larga historia de la Humanidad, nuestros antepasados han luchado con demasiada frecuencia por la tierra y el agua. Aquellos tiempos están nuevamente de actualidad.


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    Securitizing the Ground, Grounding Security cover image
    Reports & Research
    January, 2009
    Global

    In the not so long history of humankind, our ancestors too often fought for land and water. Those days have returned.


  4. Library Resource
    Drylands Soil: Sustaining Life on Earth cover image
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2010
    Global

    Often, when people think of drylands, they think of deserts and hostile living conditions, economic hardship and water scarcity. But that is not what drylands are all about. If managed well, drylands are often fertile and capable of supporting the habitats, crops and livestock that sustain the entire global population.


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    Land and soil in the context of a green economy for sustainable development, food security and poverty eradication (Russian) cover image
    Reports & Research
    November, 2011
    Global

    Land is defined as a system engaged in generating biological productivity. It is the earth’s infrastructure for life. The rate and quality of production generated from the land depends on its major components, soil and its fertility. Soil organic matter, derived from the vegetation supported by a particular soil, is the major component that controls soil fertility.


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    Las Tierras y los suelos en el contexto de una economía verde para lograr el desarrollo sostenible, la seguridad alimentaria y la erradicación de la pobreza cover image
    Reports & Research
    November, 2011
    Global

    La tierra se define como un sistema bioproductivo. Es la infraestructura terrestre para la vida. La tasa y la calidad de la producción generada por la tierra dependen de sus principales componentes, de los suelos y de su fertilidad. La materia orgánica del suelo, derivada de la vegetación que crece en un suelo determinado, es el principal componente que controla la fertilidad de éste.


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    Building a more sustainable world through education cover image
    Reports & Research
    January, 2012
    Global

    We can no longer turn a blind eye to urgent sustainable development challenges such as climate change, the food crisis, disappearing biodiversity and the depletion of natural resources. A way to rise to these challenges is through Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). ESD is a dynamic concept that aims to enable people of all ages and from all walks of life to pursue and benefit from a sustainable future.

  8. Library Resource
    Desertification: une synthèse visuelle cover image
    Manuals & Guidelines
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2012
    Global

    This book is intended as a basic information kit that tells “the story” of desertification, land degradation and drought at the global scale, together with a comprehensive set of graphics. The book indicates trends as they have taken place over the last decades, combining and connecting issues, and present priorities.

  9. Library Resource
    Desertification: une synthèse visuelle cover image
    Manuals & Guidelines
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2012
    Global

    This book is intended as a basic information kit that tells “the story” of desertification, land degradation and drought at the global scale, together with a comprehensive set of graphics. The book indicates trends as they have taken place over the last decades, combining and connecting issues, and present priorities.

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