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The Future of Drylands

International Scientific Conference on Desertification and Drylands Research, Tunis, Tunisia, 19-21 June 2006

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Cathy Lee

    1. Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), UNESCO, Paris Cedex 15, France

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  2. Thomas Schaaf

    1. Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences, UNESCO, Paris Cedex 15, France

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  • 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

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Table of contents (68 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Opening Session

    1. Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Republic of Tunisia

      • Nadhir Hamada
      Pages 3-5

    2. The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)

      • Habib Ben Yahia
      Pages 7-9

    3. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

      • Walter Erdelen
      Pages 11-12

    4. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

      • Hama Arba Diallo
      Pages 13-16

    5. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

      • Ahmed Djoghlaf
      Pages 17-18

    6. The CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) System

      • William Dar
      Pages 19-20

    7. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

      • Mustapha Sinaceur
      Pages 21-24

    8. International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

      • Sálvano Briceno
      Pages 25-28

    9. United Nations University

      Pages 29-31

    10. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

      Pages 33-35

    11. UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

      • Claudia Cardinale
      Pages 37-38

  3. Keynote Presentations

    1. The Future of Arid Lands – Revisited: Executive Summary

      • Charles F. Hutchinson, Stefanie M. Herrmann, Wiebke Förch
      Pages 41-56

    2. Policy Requirements to Combat Desertification

      • Wafa Essahli, Youba Sokona
      Pages 57-64

    3. Interventions and Implementation Needs for Sustainable Dryland Development

      • William D. Dar
      Pages 65-70

  4. Conservation of Biodiversity, Cultural and Natural Heritage in Drylands

    1. Fifty Years of Personal Experience in Arid Land Studies

      • Iwao Kobori
      Pages 77-87

    2. Livestock Genetic Diversity in Dry Rangelands

      • Beate Scherf, Barbara Rischkowsky, Irene Hoffmann, Mateusz Wieczorek, Alberto Montironi, Ricardo Cardellino
      Pages 89-100

    3. The Role of Megafauna Restoration in Dryland, Natural and Cultural Heritage Conservation

      • Pierre Devillers, Roseline C. Beudels-Jamar
      Pages 101-113

    4. Learning from Nature and Culture to Manage Nature Reserves: Experience from Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan

      • Mohammed Al-Qawaba'a
      Pages 115-121

    5. Traditional Knowledge and the World Databank for Safeguarding Ecosystems

      • Pietro Laureano
      Pages 123-143
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Drylands have been cradles to some of the world’s greatest civilizations, and contemporary 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. This volume documents how our improved understanding of drylands provides insight into the health and future prospects of these precious ecosystems that should help ensure that dryland communities enjoy a sustainable future.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), UNESCO, Paris Cedex 15, France

    Cathy Lee

  • Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences, UNESCO, Paris Cedex 15, France

    Thomas Schaaf

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