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Be the first to know 22 September 2016
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In an Editorial for the journal "Solutions" UNCCD Executive Secretary speaks about "Finding solutions from Land for the Future"..
...Our future prosperity and well-being depend upon whether we are able to protect and restore our landscapes, and the solutions presented here aim to achieve exactly that. our landscapes, and the solutions presented here aim to achieve exactly that.
Two billion hectares of degraded land and terrestrial ecosystems are available to kick-start a real green economy with enormous impacts on employment, food security, social stability, and reducing poverty. We can support vulnerable communities to rehabilitate their land, help governments provide secure land tenure rights, create new jobs for migrants, and increase local opportunities for land-based investments.
Circumstances are forcing us to change our thinking about how we use land, but in managing it better, we will find solutions to the difficulties we face. An integrated land management approach is our best bet, and the ideas presented here will help play a role in securing a world with healthy, sustainable, and productive land for all.
Barbut, M. (2016). Finding Solutions from Land for the Future. Solutions 7(5): 1. Read the whole article here.
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Land Degradation Aggravating Migration, Warns UNCCD Chief (Interview by Ramesh Jaura with UNCCD Executive Secretary Monique Barbut)
"Migration associated with natural resource depletion and climate change is much wider in scale than previously appreciated," Monique Barbut, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), has warned in an interview.
"Close to 100% of the irregular migrants crossing from the Mediterranean into Europe are from arid regions," she told IDN, adding: "Climate change will exacerbate land degradation in many regions, with both direct and indirect effects on rural household incomes, increased risks of crop losses and fluctuating commodity market prices. Under these conditions, we can expect an increase in the flow of migrants from drought-prone and degraded areas," she cautioned.
The way out of an "international crisis" that land degradation currently signifies is to provide support to the countries affected by desertification in order to help them create employment. This would enable the most vulnerable populations become part of the restoration of the abandoned and degraded lands in their local areas, stem migration and improve local resilience.
"The economic benefits alone – if we compare the international costs of restoring land against those of dealing with forced migration and refugees – should make action on land rehabilitation a key intervention," the UNCCD Executive Secretary said. The whole interview you can read here
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"Wicked trade-offs between environmental SDGs and food security" by Global Landscape Forum originally published by IIASA .
A new analysis examines the interconnections between the Sustainable Development Goals, identifying policy pathways that lead to trade-offs, and others that could bring benefits on multiple fronts.As world leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly, one year after the formal adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new study published in Science Advances, the online journal of Science magazine, finds that policies focused solely on the environment tend to increase food prices. Read "Wicked trade-offs between environmental SDGs and food security". here. For the full text study follow the right side column.
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