The future of drylands: International Scientific Conference on Desertification and Drylands Research, Tunis, Tunisia, 19-21 June 2006

Drylands have been cradles to some of the world’s greatest civilizations, andcontemporary dryland communities feature rich and unique cultures. Dryland ecosystems support a surprising amount of biodiversity. Desertification, however, is a significant land degradation problem in the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid regions of the world. Deterioration of soil and plant cover has adversely affected 70% of the world’s drylands as a result of extended droughts as well as mismanagement of range and cultivated lands. The situation is likely to worsen with high population growth rates and accompanying land-use conflicts. The contributions to The Future of Drylands – an international scientific conference held under the leadership of UNESCO – address these issues and offer practical solutions for combating desertification along with conserving and sustainably managing dryland ecosystems. Major themes include the conservation of dryland biological and cultural diversity and the human dryland interface. Provides a state-of-knowledge on the management of dryland ecosystems Provides a global coverage of the issues dealing with desertification Includes contributions and case studies from all dryland continents Future-oriented providing forward looking policy recommendations for dryland research and sustainable management of dryland resources INDICE: From the contents Preface.- Opening Session.- Keynote Presentations.- Session 1: Conservation of Biodiversity, Cultural and Natural Heritage in Drylands.- Sessions 2: Dryland Hydrology and Water Management.- Session 3: Monitoring and Forecasting of Dryland Ecosystem Dynamics.- Session 4: SustainableLand use and Agriculture.- Session 5: Disaster and Risk Management in Drylands.- Session 6: Policy, Governance and Socio-Economic Dynamics in Changing Drylands.- Session 7: Viable Dryland Livelihoods and Policy Options.- Session 8: Education and Knowledge Sharing in Drylands.- Closing Session.- Summary of Presentations.- Annexes.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-6969-7
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 872
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés