Restoration Of Rural Landscapes For Food Security
Pulling together scientific knowledge, developing policy and societal change will be needed for sustainable restoration of degraded drylands. The role of this expert group is to bring research results and questions to a broader set of stakeholders and policy makers as well as to broaden the geographical perspective of expert representation.
Presented as part of the SIANI 2015 Annual Meeting
The SIANI Expert Group on Restoration of Rural Landscapes for Food Security had the intention to find a forum for communication and interaction with “new-Swedes” from countries where degraded...
Presented by Anders Malmer at SIANI 2015 Annual Meeting.
Presented as part of the SIANI 2015 Annual Meeting
The Expert Group kick-started with the inception meeting on the 12th of June 2014 and set the timeline for the future activities. The ways to increase public awareness about land restoration were the main focus of this meeting.
The food security discourse has weak focus on the agro-pastoral systems typical for sub-Saharan drylands. These regions have 40% planetary land cover and host 1/3 of its population - often among the poorest. Much of these lands are degraded for food security and livelihood potentials. Trees are important structural components in these systems and related to attempts of restoration.
Degradation of soils is a worldwide phenomenon and has various affects on environment, primarily in terms of ecosystems and biodiversity loss, contributing to desertification and, hence, increasing vulnerability to climate change. This range of interrelated issues is attributed to unsustainable land use practices and continuously growing further demand for land.
The focus of the seminar was to explore the increasing interest in land acquisition in Africa from the different perspectives of the major stakeholders. It took place at Sida on the 10th of...
Presented as part of the workshop: South at the Steering Wheel - Improving sustainability in land investment for bioenergy in sub-Saharan Africa 29th May 2012, 08:00 - 17:30
Del av seminariet "Från kolkälla till kolfälla: Om framtidens klimatsmarta jordbruk"8 maj 2012, 13.00 - 16.30Kulturhuset, StockholmStéphane de Cara, INRA, om odling för bioenergi påverkar...
Del av seminariet "Från kolkälla till kolfälla: Om framtidens klimatsmarta jordbruk"8 maj 2012, 13.00 - 16.30Kulturhuset, StockholmStéphane de Cara, INRA, om odling för bioenergi påverkar...