Routledge Governing Global Desertification - UNCCD Research

Desertification is a global crisis affecting 70 percent of the world's arable lands across more than 100 countries. This phenomenon is deeply connected to poverty, directly impacting the livelihoods of 250 million people and threatening another billion individuals living in rural drylands. This academic volume provides a detailed examination of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) signed in 1994. The book explores the connections between land degradation and poverty levels. It examines how civil society and good governance play a role in implementing the UNCCD and looks at the various approaches used to fight desertification. This text serves as an essential resource for understanding the environmental and social dimensions of land degradation on a global scale.