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

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Republic of Tunisia....Pages 3-5
The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)....Pages 7-9
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)....Pages 11-12
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)....Pages 13-16
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)....Pages 17-18
The CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) System....Pages 19-20
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)....Pages 21-24
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction....Pages 25-28
United Nations University....Pages 29-31
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)....Pages 33-35
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador....Pages 37-38
The Future of Arid Lands – Revisited: Executive Summary....Pages 41-56
Policy Requirements to Combat Desertification....Pages 57-64
Interventions and Implementation Needs for Sustainable Dryland Development....Pages 65-70
Fifty Years of Personal Experience in Arid Land Studies....Pages 77-87
Livestock Genetic Diversity in Dry Rangelands....Pages 89-100
The Role of Megafauna Restoration in Dryland, Natural and Cultural Heritage Conservation....Pages 101-113
Learning from Nature and Culture to Manage Nature Reserves: Experience from Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan....Pages 115-121
Traditional Knowledge and the World Databank for Safeguarding Ecosystems....Pages 123-143
Cultural Diversity in Ethiopia and Its Impact on Local Economies and Biodiversity....Pages 145-160
Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Natural Resource Management in the Indian Desert....Pages 161-170
The Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Sector in the Drylands: A Promising Alternative for Sustainable Development and Combating Desertification in Tunisia....Pages 171-182
G-WADI – UNESCO\'s Global Network for Waterand Development Information for Arid Lands....Pages 189-198
Towards Sustainable Dryland Development in Africa: Integrating Groundwater and Land Management....Pages 199-208
Evolution of Pluviometric Regimes in Various Stations of the Northern Algerian Sahara....Pages 209-216
AQUIFER – Remote Sensing as Support for the Management of Internationally Shared Transboundary Aquifers in Africa....Pages 217-228
Desertification Control through Floodwater Harvesting: The Current State of Know-How....Pages 229-241
Modeling the Effect of Floodwater Spreading Systems on the Soil–Water Balance and Crop Production in the Gareh Bygone Plain of Southern Iran....Pages 243-254
Future of Drylands – An Overview of Evaluation and Impact Assessment Tools for Water Harvesting....Pages 255-267
Degraded Arid Land Restoration for Afforestation and Agro-Silvo-Pastoral Production through New Water Harvesting Mechanized Technology....Pages 269-282
Plant Diversity Changes in Response to Environmental Drivers and Pressures at El Omayed “ROSELT/OSS” Observatory, Egypt....Pages 289-309
Integrated Environmental and Socio-economic Modeling Using LEIS for Desertification Monitoring and Assessment in Menzel Habib Observatory (South Tunisia)....Pages 311-325
The Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) Project: Reflections on Indicators for Land Degradation Assessment....Pages 327-348
A New Toolkit for Monitoring and Forecasting Forage Supply in the Grazing Lands of Eastern Africa....Pages 349-358
Characterizing Dryland Post-grazing Change Trajectories on Santa Cruz Island, CA, with Multitemporal Landsat Data....Pages 359-371
Decision Support Systems for Water Resources Management in Dudhi and Bewas Watersheds, Madhya Pradesh, India....Pages 373-382
Soil Indicators of Rangeland Degradation in a Semi-arid Communal District in South Africa....Pages 383-393
Monitoring Drylands Ecosystem Dynamics for Sustainable Development Policies: The Keita Experience....Pages 395-407
Vegetative Propagation at Low Cost: A Method to Restore Degraded Lands....Pages 417-433
Linking Sustainable Indices and Climate Variability in the State of Ceará, Northeast Brazil....Pages 435-445
Conservation of Biodiversity of Nigerian Drylands....Pages 447-455
Impact of Land Use Conflict on Livelihood and Range Condition in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia....Pages 457-469
The Control of Sandstorms in Inner Mongolia....Pages 471-481
Desertification Control for Sustainable Land Use in the Cholistan Desert, Pakistan....Pages 483-492
Policy Analysis in Grassland Management of Xilingol Prefecture, Inner Mongolia....Pages 493-505
Combating Desertification through Fish Farming....Pages 507-518
Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of a Project to Combat Desertification in Drylands ( Case Study in Central Western Tunisia )....Pages 519-531
Implementation of the Water Sensor Web for Floods and Droughts in South Africa....Pages 539-544
The Impact of Changing Environmental Conditions on Vulnerable Communities in the Shire Valley, Southern Malawi....Pages 545-559
Social Costs of Desertification in Africa: The Case of Migration....Pages 569-581
Legal Aspects of the Co-viability of Social and Ecological Systems in African Arid Zones: A Legal Anthropology Approach to Environmental Law....Pages 583-597
Integration of Regulation, Extension, Science, Policy and Monitoring Improves Land Management in the Rangelands of Western Australia....Pages 599-614
An Ecosystems Approach to Natural Resource Management in the Sahel....Pages 619-630
An Integrated Livelihoods-based Approach to Combat Desertification in Marginal Drylands....Pages 631-646
Conservation Agriculture Based on Direct Sowing....Pages 647-657
Introducing New Crops with High Water-Use Efficiency in the Middle East and North Africa....Pages 659-667
Findings of the Global Desertification Assessment by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment – A Perspective for Better Managing Scientific Knowledge....Pages 677-685
The Unmet Challenge of Connecting Scientific Research with Community Action....Pages 687-697
Development and Management of Drylands: The Need for Adapted Education and Knowledge-Sharing....Pages 699-718
Participatory Land Degradation Assessment....Pages 719-729
Environmental Education from the Perspective of Sustainable Development: A Teaching Resource Kit for Dryland Countries....Pages 731-737
Environmental Education: An Alternative to Development in Drylands....Pages 739-746
Sustainable Management of Marginal Drylands (SUMAMAD): Sharing Success Stories from Indigenous, Adaptive and Innovative Approaches....Pages 747-761
Innovations of an Indian Non-governmental Organization in Building the Capacity of People Inhabiting the Drylands....Pages 763-774
UNESCO\'s Experience of Fifty Years of Drylands Research and Outreach....Pages 775-786
Mr. Walter Erdelen, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO....Pages 789-789
H.E. Nadhir Hamada, Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Republic of Tunisia....Pages 791-792
Vote of Thanks to His Excellency, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of the Republic of Tunisia....Pages 793-793
Back Matter....Pages 795-855