Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.05.020 |
Operationalizing Zero Net Land Degradation: The next stage in international efforts to combat desertification? | |
Chasek, Pamela1,3; Safriel, Uriel2,3; Shikongo, Sem4; Fuhrman, Vivian Futran5 | |
通讯作者 | Safriel, Uriel |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
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ISSN | 0140-1963 |
EISSN | 1095-922X |
出版年 | 2015 |
卷号 | 112页码:5-13 |
英文摘要 | At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June 2012, governments adopted "The Future We Want" outcome document, which recognized (in paragraph 206) "the need for urgent action to reverse land degradation. In view of this we will strive to achieve a land-degradation neutral world ... ." This paragraph sets a goal of maintaining a world where the total amount of degraded land remains constant, and that would secure the currently available productive land for the use of present and future generations. This article examines the challenges of operationalizing this concept of Zero Net Land Degradation (ZNLD) and its global derivative, a land degradation neutral world (LDNW). First, the concept and need for ZNLD is introduced and explained. Then we look at the expectations from ZNLD/LDNW targets within the context of promoting the recognition of land degradation as a global threat and contributing to global food security. Next we elaborate the challenges in making ZNLD operational, including: scoping (determining the spatial scale and the selected domain for which land degradation neutrality is to be achieved); mapping (classifying the lands by their current use and state of their productivity); prescribing (prescribing management practices relevant to each of the land classes); applying the selected land management (for either reducing degradation, restoring productivity, or increasing resilience); and monitoring management and its outcome. We then examine the enabling environment necessary to capture ZNLD opportunities and address the technical challenges facing the operationalization of ZNLD. The article concludes with recommendations for the way forward: first, recognize existing projects suitable for ZNLD testing and establish new pilot projects at the local community or landscape scales; and the second, seek recognition and support for achieving ZNLD at the global scale through the United Nations system. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Desertification Land degradation Restoration Sustainable development goals UNCCD Zero Net Land Degradation |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA ; Israel ; Namibia |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000347136700002 |
WOS关键词 | PROXY GLOBAL ASSESSMENT |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
来源机构 | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ; Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/188276 |
作者单位 | 1.Int Inst Sustainable Dev, New York, NY 10022 USA; 2.Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Jacob Blaustein Inst Desert Res, IL-84990 Sede Boqer, Israel; 3.Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Dept Ecol Evolut & Behav, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel; 4.Minist Environm & Tourism, Windhoek, Namibia; 5.Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Jacob Blaustein Inst Desert Res, Albert Katz Int Sch Desert Studies, IL-84990 Sede Boqer, Israel |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chasek, Pamela,Safriel, Uriel,Shikongo, Sem,et al. Operationalizing Zero Net Land Degradation: The next stage in international efforts to combat desertification?[J]. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,2015,112:5-13. |
APA | Chasek, Pamela,Safriel, Uriel,Shikongo, Sem,&Fuhrman, Vivian Futran.(2015).Operationalizing Zero Net Land Degradation: The next stage in international efforts to combat desertification?.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,112,5-13. |
MLA | Chasek, Pamela,et al."Operationalizing Zero Net Land Degradation: The next stage in international efforts to combat desertification?".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 112(2015):5-13. |
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