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Tajikistan Case Study Policy Brief
Policy recommendations on sustainable land management in Tajikistan, including costs and benefits of alternative options. Conclusion: Implementing no-till technology and intensifying gardening productivity creates economic ...
Uzbekistan Case Study Policy Brief
Policy recommendations on sustainable land management in Uzbekistan, including costs and benefits of alternative options. Conclusion: Diversifying agricultural production, retaining biomass in the field, and planting ...
Economics of Land Degradation Initiative: Report for the Private Sector
With around one third of the world’s arable land
degraded, estimated annual losses of 6.3 to 10.6
USD trillion, and a projected need to increase food
production from land by 70 per cent by 2050, we
simply cannot afford to ...
Turkmenistan Case Study Policy Brief
Policy recommendations on sustainable land management in Turkmenistan, including the costs and beneifts of alternative options. Conclusiion: Rehabilitating pasturelands and undertaking sustainable land management in deserts ...
Broadening land management options for improved economic sustainability across Central Asia: A synthesis of national studies
Land degradation is a pressing concern that reaches
across all republics of Central Asia and is increasingly
affecting the economy and quality of life in each.
The resulting loss of arable land particularly affects
the ...
Kyrgyzstan Case Study Policy Brief
Policy recommendations on sustainable land management in Kyrgyzstan, including costs and benefits of alternative options. Conclusion: Summer pastures across the Kyrgyz Republic can provide greater economic and environmental ...
Designing a new science-policy communication mechanism for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has lacked an efficient mechanism to
access scientific knowledge since entering into force in 1996. In 2011 it decided to convene an Ad Hoc
Working Group on ...
The business case of sustainable land management
This report from the Economics of Land Degradation Initiative makes the business case for sustainable land management. It explores in great detail the economic incentives — or lack thereof — for action, and investigates ...
Kazakhstan Case Study Policy Brief
Policy recommendations on sustainable land management in Kazakhstan, including the costs and benefits of alternative management options. Conclusion: More sustainable land management in desert forests can lead to economic ...
Dryland Systems Close-Out Strategy
The Program Implementation Agreement (PIA) of the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Dryland
Systems, dated May, 24 2013 between the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
(Bioversity International) on behalf of the ...