The economics of desertification, land degradation, and drought: Toward an integrated global assessment

Attention to land degradation and environmental pollution has increased significantly in the past 25 years, largely due to greater levels of international cooperation and recognition that local changes in land resources have global impacts. As the world's focus on climate change increases, so, too,...

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Autores principales: Nkonya, Ephraim M., Gerber, Nicolas, Baumgartner, Philipp, von Braun, Joachim, De Pinto, Alessandro, Graw, Valerie, Kato, Edward, Kloos, Julia, Walter, Teresa
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154986
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author Nkonya, Ephraim M.
Gerber, Nicolas
Baumgartner, Philipp
von Braun, Joachim
De Pinto, Alessandro
Graw, Valerie
Kato, Edward
Kloos, Julia
Walter, Teresa
author_browse Baumgartner, Philipp
De Pinto, Alessandro
Gerber, Nicolas
Graw, Valerie
Kato, Edward
Kloos, Julia
Nkonya, Ephraim M.
Walter, Teresa
von Braun, Joachim
author_facet Nkonya, Ephraim M.
Gerber, Nicolas
Baumgartner, Philipp
von Braun, Joachim
De Pinto, Alessandro
Graw, Valerie
Kato, Edward
Kloos, Julia
Walter, Teresa
author_sort Nkonya, Ephraim M.
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description Attention to land degradation and environmental pollution has increased significantly in the past 25 years, largely due to greater levels of international cooperation and recognition that local changes in land resources have global impacts. As the world's focus on climate change increases, so, too, does the attention being paid to drought and its rise in frequency and severity. Despite this heightened global awareness, action to prevent or mitigate land degradation and drought at national or international levels has been limited, primarily because there are limited assessments regarding the cost of land degradation. Past global assessments have largely focused on the biophysical impacts of land degradation while little has been done to assess its global economic costs or the costs-versus-benefits of preventing or mitigating it. Additionally, past studies have largely focused on loss of on-site productivity and have paid limited attention to the off-site costs of land degradation and off-site benefits of land improvement. As part of the effort to address these and other gaps, this study was undertaken to prepare a framework for global assessment of the economics of desertification, land degradation, and drought (E-DLDD).
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spelling CGSpace1549862025-11-06T05:51:12Z The economics of desertification, land degradation, and drought: Toward an integrated global assessment Nkonya, Ephraim M. Gerber, Nicolas Baumgartner, Philipp von Braun, Joachim De Pinto, Alessandro Graw, Valerie Kato, Edward Kloos, Julia Walter, Teresa desertification drought economics land degradation cost analysis Attention to land degradation and environmental pollution has increased significantly in the past 25 years, largely due to greater levels of international cooperation and recognition that local changes in land resources have global impacts. As the world's focus on climate change increases, so, too, does the attention being paid to drought and its rise in frequency and severity. Despite this heightened global awareness, action to prevent or mitigate land degradation and drought at national or international levels has been limited, primarily because there are limited assessments regarding the cost of land degradation. Past global assessments have largely focused on the biophysical impacts of land degradation while little has been done to assess its global economic costs or the costs-versus-benefits of preventing or mitigating it. Additionally, past studies have largely focused on loss of on-site productivity and have paid limited attention to the off-site costs of land degradation and off-site benefits of land improvement. As part of the effort to address these and other gaps, this study was undertaken to prepare a framework for global assessment of the economics of desertification, land degradation, and drought (E-DLDD). 2011 2024-10-01T14:05:21Z 2024-10-01T14:05:21Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154986 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154305 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154243 https://doi.org/10.2499/capriwp95 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161666 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157388 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Nkonya, Ephraim M.; Gerber, Nicolas; Baumgartner, Philipp; von Braun, Joachim; De Pinto, Alessandro; Graw, Valerie; Kato, Edward; Kloos, Julia; Walter, Teresa. 2011. The economics of desertification, land degradation, and drought: Toward an integrated global assessment. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1086. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154986
spellingShingle desertification
drought
economics
land degradation
cost analysis
Nkonya, Ephraim M.
Gerber, Nicolas
Baumgartner, Philipp
von Braun, Joachim
De Pinto, Alessandro
Graw, Valerie
Kato, Edward
Kloos, Julia
Walter, Teresa
The economics of desertification, land degradation, and drought: Toward an integrated global assessment
title The economics of desertification, land degradation, and drought: Toward an integrated global assessment
title_full The economics of desertification, land degradation, and drought: Toward an integrated global assessment
title_fullStr The economics of desertification, land degradation, and drought: Toward an integrated global assessment
title_full_unstemmed The economics of desertification, land degradation, and drought: Toward an integrated global assessment
title_short The economics of desertification, land degradation, and drought: Toward an integrated global assessment
title_sort economics of desertification land degradation and drought toward an integrated global assessment
topic desertification
drought
economics
land degradation
cost analysis
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154986
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