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The GeOC tool is divided in 2 components: the web-based geographic information system (called WEB-GIS tool) and the Sustainable Land Management (called SLM tool).
This videos focus on WEB-GIS interface. It shows the function that maps the socio-ecological context similarity of a selected SLM. This will provide a spatially explicit extrapolation domain that supports the out or upscaling of the selected SLM.
To check the GeOC tool, please follow this link: http://geoc.mel.cgiar.org
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Egypt, Lebanon, Northern Africa, Western Asia
This explanatory video illustrates the higher crop yields and increased water efficiency as a result of the raised-bed agriculture component of the project.
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Under the Economics of Land degradation initiative (ELD), scientists from ICARDA are collaborating with developments to develop the GeOC tool. It is a new web-based GIS tool to define context specific options for sustainable land management required to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN).
This video illustrates the interface of the SLM tool of the GeOC tool.
To check the GeOC tool, please follow this link: http://geoc.mel.cgiar.org
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Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Central Asia
Animated demonstration of practical experience from a farmer perspective to establish pistachio farm in south of Kyrgyzstan. The script for the video was developed by the farmer himself leading step by step through his experience to learn about pistachio and experience of establishing pistachio farm on rangelands previously used for grazing.
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Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Central Asia
Video is animated infographic describing rangelands of Central Asia, their conditions, issues, degradation factors. The video also demonstrates ways of sustainable management.
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In Uzbekistan, where agriculture is an important source of income for rural population, land degradation is a major challenge for the environment and the food security. The traditional focus of rainfed agriculture on production of grains with intensive mechanical soil tillage leads to depletion and loss of topsoil. Growing legume crops like chickpeas, can improve the soils.
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In Big Men, director Rachel Boynton has achieved a tour-de-force of documentary filmmaking. Taking a large, complex and much-contested phenomenon -- the oil business as it is conducted in under-developed countries such as Ghana and Nigeria -- she has crafted an edge-of-your-seat, character-driven drama that is also a clear and enlightening film about the global dealings behind petroleum, a crucial resource that touches everyone's life.
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Anjali Nayar and Hawa Essuman profile the life of Liberian activist Silas Siakor, a tireless crusader against illegal logging and a symbol of resistance for a new generation.
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Latin America and the Caribbean
Fiona Littlejohn - Oficial de Asuntos Ambientales de la División de Desarrollo Sostenible de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) habla sobre el ODS 11. El acelerado crecimiento urbano enfatiza la necesidad de crear ciudades y asentamientos humanos seguros, inclusivos, eficientes y sostenibles. Se hace énfasis en el logro de sistemas de transporte sostenibles e inclusivos, debido a la alta tasa de motorización que se registra en la región, lo que conlleva problemas de movilidad, seguridad y ambientales.
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