Towards sustainable land management in the drylands: Scientific connections in monitoring and assessing dryland degradation, climate change and biodiversity

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 248-260

  Cowie, A L ^a   Penman, T D ^b   Gorissen, L ^c   Winslow, M D ^d   Lehmann, J ^e   Tyrrell, T D ^f   Twomlow, S ^g   Wilkes, A ^h   Lal, R ⁱ   Jones, J W ^j   Paulsch, A ^k   Kellner, K ^l   Akhtar Schuster, M ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Forest and Rangeland Ecosystems   (Australia)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^d INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

^h WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

ⁱ OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^k HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^l NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Desertification; Land degradation; Resilience; Sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; CARBON STOCKS; CARBON STORAGE; DESERTIFICATION; DRYLAND; DRYLAND DEGRADATION; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES; POLICY MEASURES; RESILIENCE; SPILLOVER EFFECTS; STRATEGIC LEVEL; SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT; TIME HORIZONS; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAND USE;

MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 79953068083     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1086     Document Type: Article

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