Everything you need to know about drylands - #ThinkLandscape
2022年11月14日 · That biodiversity will likely prove critical for climate change adaptation. Dryland species have adapted to extreme and variable conditions over millennia, and as such offer a valuable genetic reservoir for new cultivated species of plants and animals that might thrive better in the altered environments of the future.
Fast facts: Drylands and rangelands - #ThinkLandscape
2019年9月16日 · The climate places significant constraints on agriculture, livestock grazing and foraging in dryland areas. Despite these limitations, drylands are home to about 2 billion people globally and provide half of the world’s livestock and 44 percent of the world’s cultivated systems.
African drylands: How to restore them and de-bunk their myths
2021年6月3日 · Africa’s drylands are facing steep challenges due to climate change and lessening rainfall, striking regions with water scarcity and raising temperatures in the Sahel – a particularly vulnerable dryland region that borders the Sahara – 1.5 times faster than the global average. The economic fallout of COVID-19 has seen declines in ...
Conserving dryland biodiversity - resource - IUCN
This publication is intended to raise awareness amongst all stakeholders and galvanise wider action to boost drylands conservation and development. The book is designed to inform and remind us of the beauty of dryland biodiversity and its intrinsic and instrumental value. It demonstrates the mutual dependency of dryland biological and cultural diversity. The book includes new analyses of ...
What the documentation of 1.8 billion trees means for climate …
2021年11月16日 · Another valuable dryland tree is the African locust bean, Parkia biglobosa, or néré, the pods of which are used as a spice. Because the trees attract birds, they also help control pests such as the fall armyworm, which feasts on maize crops.
Miombo woodlands: the vast southern African dryland forests …
2020年7月22日 · This story is part of the Landscape News series Forgotten Forests. When Paula Whyte, a technical advisor for Tanzania-based NGO Mpingo Conservation and Development Initiative (MCDI), visited a miombo woodland for the first time as part of a tree-planting venture, she wasn’t expecting to be quite so taken with what she found.
Supply of services to review dryland degradation levels and transboundary dryland restoration opportunities in targeted regions . IUCN: Request for Proposals Page 2 of 31. 4. COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL 4.1. Your Proposal must …
What is desertification, and why does it matter?
2024年12月2日 · All of this biodiversity is under threat from desertification, with many dryland species now threatened with extinction. The report also identifies several ‘desertification hotspots’ covering 9.2 percent of all drylands and affecting about 500 million people, predominantly in South and East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
What are the challenges facing forests in Africa?
2024年8月26日 · From the rainforests of the Congo Basin to the dryland forests of East and Southern Africa, forests across Africa are being degraded to an alarming extent. The main culprit is agriculture, which drives 75 percent of the continent’s deforestation. And yet, 55 percent of Africa’s population depends on agriculture for their livelihoods.
GLF Africa 2024: The African Youth Storytelling Contest
2024年9月20日 · 2nd place: “Roots for Riches” by Risper Wachuka Kiama (Kenya) “Roots for Riches” tells the story of an old man from the coast of Kenya, Mzee Katana, who decides to sell an old baobab tree for USD 400 – a sizable sum for many rural Kenyans.