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The Future of Drylands

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Republic of Tunisia
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    Chapter 2 The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
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    Chapter 3 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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    Chapter 4 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
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    Chapter 5 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
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    Chapter 6 The CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) System
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    Chapter 7 The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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    Chapter 8 International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
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    Chapter 9 United Nations University
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    Chapter 10 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
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    Chapter 11 UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
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    Chapter 12 The Future of Arid Lands – Revisited: Executive Summary
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    Chapter 13 Policy Requirements to Combat Desertification
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    Chapter 14 Interventions and Implementation Needs for Sustainable Dryland Development
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    Chapter 15 Fifty Years of Personal Experience in Arid Land Studies
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    Chapter 16 Livestock Genetic Diversity in Dry Rangelands
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    Chapter 17 The Role of Megafauna Restoration in Dryland, Natural and Cultural Heritage Conservation
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    Chapter 18 Learning from Nature and Culture to Manage Nature Reserves: Experience from Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
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    Chapter 19 Traditional Knowledge and the World Databank for Safeguarding Ecosystems
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    Chapter 20 Cultural Diversity in Ethiopia and Its Impact on Local Economies and Biodiversity
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    Chapter 21 Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Natural Resource Management in the Indian Desert
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    Chapter 22 The Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Sector in the Drylands: A Promising Alternative for Sustainable Development and Combating Desertification in Tunisia
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    Chapter 23 G-WADI – UNESCO's Global Network for Waterand Development Information for Arid Lands
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    Chapter 24 Towards Sustainable Dryland Development in Africa: Integrating Groundwater and Land Management
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    Chapter 25 Evolution of Pluviometric Regimes in Various Stations of the Northern Algerian Sahara
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    Chapter 26 AQUIFER – Remote Sensing as Support for the Management of Internationally Shared Transboundary Aquifers in Africa
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    Chapter 27 Desertification Control through Floodwater Harvesting: The Current State of Know-How
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    Chapter 28 Modeling the Effect of Floodwater Spreading Systems on the Soil–Water Balance and Crop Production in the Gareh Bygone Plain of Southern Iran
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    Chapter 29 Future of Drylands – An Overview of Evaluation and Impact Assessment Tools for Water Harvesting
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    Chapter 30 Degraded Arid Land Restoration for Afforestation and Agro-Silvo-Pastoral Production through New Water Harvesting Mechanized Technology
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    Chapter 31 Plant Diversity Changes in Response to Environmental Drivers and Pressures at El Omayed “ROSELT/OSS” Observatory, Egypt
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    Chapter 32 Integrated Environmental and Socio-economic Modeling Using LEIS for Desertification Monitoring and Assessment in Menzel Habib Observatory (South Tunisia)
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    Chapter 33 The Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) Project: Reflections on Indicators for Land Degradation Assessment
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    Chapter 34 A New Toolkit for Monitoring and Forecasting Forage Supply in the Grazing Lands of Eastern Africa
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    Chapter 35 Characterizing Dryland Post-grazing Change Trajectories on Santa Cruz Island, CA, with Multitemporal Landsat Data
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    Chapter 36 Decision Support Systems for Water Resources Management in Dudhi and Bewas Watersheds, Madhya Pradesh, India
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    Chapter 37 Soil Indicators of Rangeland Degradation in a Semi-arid Communal District in South Africa
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    Chapter 38 Monitoring Drylands Ecosystem Dynamics for Sustainable Development Policies: The Keita Experience
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    Chapter 39 Vegetative Propagation at Low Cost: A Method to Restore Degraded Lands
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    Chapter 40 Linking Sustainable Indices and Climate Variability in the State of Ceará, Northeast Brazil
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    Chapter 41 Conservation of Biodiversity of Nigerian Drylands
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    Chapter 42 Impact of Land Use Conflict on Livelihood and Range Condition in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia
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    Chapter 43 The Control of Sandstorms in Inner Mongolia
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    Chapter 44 Desertification Control for Sustainable Land Use in the Cholistan Desert, Pakistan
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    Chapter 45 Policy Analysis in Grassland Management of Xilingol Prefecture, Inner Mongolia
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    Chapter 46 Combating Desertification through Fish Farming
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    Chapter 47 Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of a Project to Combat Desertification in Drylands (Case Study in Central Western Tunisia)
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    Chapter 48 Implementation of the Water Sensor Web for Floods and Droughts in South Africa
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    Chapter 49 The Impact of Changing Environmental Conditions on Vulnerable Communities in the Shire Valley, Southern Malawi
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    Chapter 50 Social Costs of Desertification in Africa: The Case of Migration
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    Chapter 51 Legal Aspects of the Co-viability of Social and Ecological Systems in African Arid Zones: A Legal Anthropology Approach to Environmental Law
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    Chapter 52 Integration of Regulation, Extension, Science, Policy and Monitoring Improves Land Management in the Rangelands of Western Australia
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    Chapter 53 An Ecosystems Approach to Natural Resource Management in the Sahel
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    Chapter 54 An Integrated Livelihoods-based Approach to Combat Desertification in Marginal Drylands
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    Chapter 55 Conservation Agriculture Based on Direct Sowing
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    Chapter 56 Introducing New Crops with High Water-Use Efficiency in the Middle East and North Africa
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    Chapter 57 Findings of the Global Desertification Assessment by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment – A Perspective for Better Managing Scientific Knowledge
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    Chapter 58 The Unmet Challenge of Connecting Scientific Research with Community Action
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    Chapter 59 Development and Management of Drylands: The Need for Adapted Education and Knowledge-Sharing
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    Chapter 60 Participatory Land Degradation Assessment
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    Chapter 61 Environmental Education from the Perspective of Sustainable Development: A Teaching Resource Kit for Dryland Countries
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    Chapter 62 Environmental Education: An Alternative to Development in Drylands
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    Chapter 63 Sustainable Management of Marginal Drylands (SUMAMAD): Sharing Success Stories from Indigenous, Adaptive and Innovative Approaches
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    Chapter 64 Innovations of an Indian Non-governmental Organization in Building the Capacity of People Inhabiting the Drylands
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    Chapter 65 UNESCO's Experience of Fifty Years of Drylands Research and Outreach
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    Chapter 66 Mr. Walter Erdelen, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
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    Chapter 67 H.E. Nadhir Hamada, Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Republic of Tunisia
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    Chapter 68 Vote of Thanks to His Excellency, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of the Republic of Tunisia
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Title
The Future of Drylands
Published by
Springer, Dordrecht, January 2009
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-6970-3
ISBNs
978-1-4020-6969-7, 978-1-4020-6970-3
Editors

Cathy Lee, Thomas Schaaf

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Country Count As %
Germany 1 4%
Unknown 24 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 24%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 20%
Other 3 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 8%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 4 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 7 28%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 20%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 3 12%
Social Sciences 2 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 4%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 4 16%