Climate and Land Degradation

Front Matter....Pages I-XXVI
The Assessment of Global Trends in Land Degradation....Pages 1-38
Status and Trends in Land Degradation in Africa....Pages 39-53
Status and Trends in Land Degradation in Asia....Pages 55-64
Trends in Land Degradation in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Role of Climate Change....Pages 65-81
Trends in Land Degradation in Europe....Pages 83-104
Climate and Land Degradation — an Overview....Pages 105-135
Climate, Extreme Events and Land Degradation....Pages 137-152
Effects of Some Meteorological Parameters on Land Degradation in Tanzania....Pages 153-166
Rainfall and Land Degradation....Pages 167-195
Frequency of Wet and Dry Spells in Tanzania....Pages 197-204
Climate Variability, Climate Change and Land Degradation....Pages 205-221
Fire Weather and Land Degradation....Pages 223-251
Importance of Drought Information in Monitoring and Assessing Land Degradation....Pages 253-266
The Role of Land Degradation in the Agriculture and Environment Nexus....Pages 267-283
Using Weather and Climate Information for Landslide Prevention and Mitigation....Pages 285-307
Drought Hazard and Land Management in the Drylands of Southern Africa....Pages 309-326
Climate Monitoring in the Southern Africa Development Community....Pages 327-341
Carbon Sequestration and Land Degradation....Pages 343-358
Sustainable Land Management Through Soil Organic Carbon Management and Sequestration — The GEFSOC Modelling System....Pages 359-371
Seasonal Variation of Carbon Dioxide, Rainfall, NDVI and it’s Association to Land Degradation in Tanzania....Pages 373-389
Land Degradation Control in Northern Africa....Pages 391-403
Challenges and Trade-Offs in Environmental and Financial Approaches of the Afforestation of Degraded Lands....Pages 405-420
The EU-Funded Medcoastland Thematic Network and its Findings in Combating Land Degradation in the Mediterranean Region....Pages 421-435
Managing Land Use, Protecting Land and Mitigating Land Degradation: Tanzania Case Study....Pages 437-445
Implementation of Initiatives for Addressing Climate Change and Land Degradation: A Look at the Philippine Context....Pages 447-467
Successful Grassland Regeneration in a Severely Degraded Catchment: a Whole of Government Approach in North West Australia....Pages 469-485
Land Degradation Management in Southern Africa....Pages 487-499
Successful Experiences of Sustainable Land Use in Hyperarid, Arid and Semiarid Zones from Peru....Pages 501-521
Role of Organic Agriculture in Preventing and Reversing Land Degradation....Pages 523-536
Using Better Climate Prediction in the Implementation of National Action Programmes — (Eastern) Europe....Pages 537-551
Improving NAP Implementation through Effective Use of Early Warning: Experiences in the IGAD Sub-Region....Pages 553-563
Role of Drought Monitoring and Management in NAP Implementation....Pages 565-582
Climate and National Action Programs in Latin America....Pages 583-603
Conclusions and Recommendations....Pages 605-609
Workshop Statement....Pages 611-612
Back Matter....Pages 613-623