Science for improving the monitoring and assessment of dryland degradation

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-149

  Winslow, M D ^a   Vogt, J V ^b   Thomas, R J ^c   Sommer, S ^a   Martius, C ^d,f   Akhtar Schuster, M ^e  

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

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c United Nations University   (Canada)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f Inter American Institute for Global Change Research IAI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Desertification; Drought; Dryland degradation; Dryland Development Paradigm; Integrated assessment modelling; Knowledge management; Monitoring and assessment; Sustainable land management; UNCCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953071842     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1044     Document Type: Editorial

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