Desertification and Climate Change in Africa

Desertification has increased in African drylands in recent decades, led by land use change, climatic variability and poor land management practices. People living in drylands in Africa are highly vulnerable to desertification and climate change, because of their impacts on a wide range of livelihoo...

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Autor principal: African Group of Negotiators Expert Support
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107808
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description Desertification has increased in African drylands in recent decades, led by land use change, climatic variability and poor land management practices. People living in drylands in Africa are highly vulnerable to desertification and climate change, because of their impacts on a wide range of livelihood based resources. Desertification and climate change affect gender disproportionately, with women and youth being the most affected. Without implementation of adequate measures, climate change will exacerbate the vulnerability to desertification among dryland populations in Africa. Policy responses and integrated land management practices, as well as indigenous and local knowledge are needed to consider the complex and multi-faceted nature of causes and effects of desertification.
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spelling CGSpace1078082024-01-17T12:58:34Z Desertification and Climate Change in Africa African Group of Negotiators Expert Support climate change agriculture food security desertification drylands gender Desertification has increased in African drylands in recent decades, led by land use change, climatic variability and poor land management practices. People living in drylands in Africa are highly vulnerable to desertification and climate change, because of their impacts on a wide range of livelihood based resources. Desertification and climate change affect gender disproportionately, with women and youth being the most affected. Without implementation of adequate measures, climate change will exacerbate the vulnerability to desertification among dryland populations in Africa. Policy responses and integrated land management practices, as well as indigenous and local knowledge are needed to consider the complex and multi-faceted nature of causes and effects of desertification. 2020-03-19 2020-03-19T12:45:24Z 2020-03-19T12:45:24Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107808 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security AGNES. 2020. Desertification and Climate Change in Africa. Policy Brief.
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agriculture
food security
desertification
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gender
African Group of Negotiators Expert Support
Desertification and Climate Change in Africa
title Desertification and Climate Change in Africa
title_full Desertification and Climate Change in Africa
title_fullStr Desertification and Climate Change in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Desertification and Climate Change in Africa
title_short Desertification and Climate Change in Africa
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topic climate change
agriculture
food security
desertification
drylands
gender
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