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The Future of DrylandsFindings of the Global Desertification Assessment by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment – A Perspective for Better Managing Scientific Knowledge

The Future of Drylands: Findings of the Global Desertification Assessment by the Millennium... [A global assessment of desertification undertaken by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) shows that desertification in drylands threatens the homes and livelihoods of millions of poor. Environmental impacts of desertification are further exacerbated by political marginalization of the dryland poor and the slow growth of health and education infrastructures. The MA report also highlights the global nature of the environmental and social challenges posed by desertification. The impacts on the global environment — increasing dust storms, floods and global warming — are well known and documented. Less well-known are the strong impacts of desertification on societies and economies, notably those related to human migration and economic refugees. The MA report points to a variety of integrated policy options to reverse the decline of drylands while optimizing economic output, and emphasizes the inclusion of these in the mainstream national strategies for poverty reduction.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Future of DrylandsFindings of the Global Desertification Assessment by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment – A Perspective for Better Managing Scientific Knowledge

Editors: Lee, Cathy; Schaaf, Thomas
Adeel, Zafar
The Future of Drylands — Jan 1, 2008
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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© Springer Netherlands 2008
ISBN
978-1-4020-6969-7
Pages
677–685
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-6970-3_57
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Abstract

[A global assessment of desertification undertaken by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) shows that desertification in drylands threatens the homes and livelihoods of millions of poor. Environmental impacts of desertification are further exacerbated by political marginalization of the dryland poor and the slow growth of health and education infrastructures. The MA report also highlights the global nature of the environmental and social challenges posed by desertification. The impacts on the global environment — increasing dust storms, floods and global warming — are well known and documented. Less well-known are the strong impacts of desertification on societies and economies, notably those related to human migration and economic refugees. The MA report points to a variety of integrated policy options to reverse the decline of drylands while optimizing economic output, and emphasizes the inclusion of these in the mainstream national strategies for poverty reduction.]

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment; desertification; ecosystem services; knowledge management

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