Desire for Greener Land: Options for Sustainable Land Management in Drylands

cg.contactGudrun.Schwilch@cde.unibe.chen_US
cg.contributor.centerWageningen University & Research Centre - WURen_US
cg.contributor.centerIndependent / Not associateden_US
cg.contributor.centerUniversity of Bern, Centre for Development and Environment - CDEen_US
cg.contributor.centerWorld Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies - WOCATen_US
cg.contributor.funderInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.projectCommunication and Documentation Information Services (CODIS)en_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.isbn978-94-6173-329-0en_US
cg.subject.agrovocdesertificationen_US
cg.subject.agrovocdrylandsen_US
cg.subject.agrovocfarmingen_US
cg.subject.agrovocforest managementen_US
cg.subject.agrovocland degradationen_US
cg.subject.agrovocwater managementen_US
cg.subject.agrovocsustainable land managementen_US
dc.contributorHessel, Rudien_US
dc.contributorVerzandvoort, Simoneen_US
dc.creatorSchwilch, Gudrunen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-31T14:00:45Z
dc.date.available2023-03-31T14:00:45Z
dc.description.abstractDesire for Greener Land compiles options for Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in drylands. It is a result of the integrated research project DESIRE (Desertification Mitigation and Remediation of Land - A Global Approach for Local Solutions). Lasting five years (2007–2012) and funded within the EU’s Sixth Framework Programme, DESIRE brought together the expertise of 26 international research institutes and non-governmental organisations. The DESIRE project aimed to establish promising alternative land use and management strategies in 17 degradation and desertification sites around the world, relying on close collaboration between scientists and local stakeholder groups. The study sites provided a global laboratory in which researchers could apply, test, and identify new and innovative approaches to combatting desertification. The resulting SLM strategies are local- to regional-scale interventions designed to increase productivity, preserve natural resource bases, and improve people’s livelihoods. These were documented and mapped using the internationally recognised WOCAT (World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies) methodological framework, which formed an integral part of the DESIRE project. The DESIRE approach offers an integrated multidisciplinary way of working together from the beginning to the end of a project; it enables scientists, local stakeholders and policy makers to jointly find solutions to desertification. This book describes the DESIRE approach and WOCAT methodology for a range of audiences, from local agricultural advisors to scientists and policymakers. Links are provided to manuals and online materials, enabling application of the various tools and methods in similar projects. The book also includes an analysis of the current context of degradation and SLM in the study sites, in addition to analysis of the SLM technologies and approaches trialled in the DESIRE project. Thirty SLM technologies, eight SLM approaches, and several degradation and SLM maps from all the DESIRE study sites are compiled in a concise and well-illustrated format, following the style of this volume’s forerunner where the land is greener (WOCAT 2007). Finally, conclusions and policy points are presented on behalf of decision makers, the private sector, civil society, donors, and the research community. These are intended to support people’s efforts to invest wisely in the sustainable management of land – enabling greener drylands to become a reality, not just a desire.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
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dc.identifier.citationGudrun Schwilch, Rudi Hessel, Simone Verzandvoort. (1/1/2012). Desire for Greener Land: Options for Sustainable Land Management in Drylands. Bern, Switzerland: University of Bern, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE).en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/68241
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Bern, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)en_US
dc.rightsCopyrighted; Non-commercial educational use onlyen_US
dc.subjectdesireen_US
dc.titleDesire for Greener Land: Options for Sustainable Land Management in Drylandsen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dcterms.available2012-01-01en_US
dcterms.issued2012-01-01en_US

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