Global desertification: Building a science for dryland development

In this millennium, global drylands face a myriad of problems that present tough research, management, and policy challenges. Recent advances in dryland development, however, together with the integrative approaches of global change and sustainability science, suggest that concerns about land degrad...

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Main Authors: Reynolds, J.F., Stafford Smith, D.M., Lambin, E.F., Turner, B.L., Mortimore, M., Batterbury, S.P.J., Downing, T.E., Dowlatabadi, H., Fernández, R.J., Herrick, Jeffrey E., Huber-Sannwald, E., Jiang, H., Leemans, R., Lynam, T., Maestre, F.T., Ayarza, Miguel Angel, Walker, B.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Español
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2007
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/21829
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author Reynolds, J.F.
Stafford Smith, D.M.
Lambin, E.F.
Turner, B.L.
Mortimore, M.
Batterbury, S.P.J.
Downing, T.E.
Dowlatabadi, H.
Fernández, R.J.
Herrick, Jeffrey E.
Huber-Sannwald, E.
Jiang, H.
Leemans, R.
Lynam, T.
Maestre, F.T.
Ayarza, Miguel Angel
Walker, B.
author_browse Ayarza, Miguel Angel
Batterbury, S.P.J.
Dowlatabadi, H.
Downing, T.E.
Fernández, R.J.
Herrick, Jeffrey E.
Huber-Sannwald, E.
Jiang, H.
Lambin, E.F.
Leemans, R.
Lynam, T.
Maestre, F.T.
Mortimore, M.
Reynolds, J.F.
Stafford Smith, D.M.
Turner, B.L.
Walker, B.
author_facet Reynolds, J.F.
Stafford Smith, D.M.
Lambin, E.F.
Turner, B.L.
Mortimore, M.
Batterbury, S.P.J.
Downing, T.E.
Dowlatabadi, H.
Fernández, R.J.
Herrick, Jeffrey E.
Huber-Sannwald, E.
Jiang, H.
Leemans, R.
Lynam, T.
Maestre, F.T.
Ayarza, Miguel Angel
Walker, B.
author_sort Reynolds, J.F.
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description In this millennium, global drylands face a myriad of problems that present tough research, management, and policy challenges. Recent advances in dryland development, however, together with the integrative approaches of global change and sustainability science, suggest that concerns about land degradation, poverty, safeguarding biodiversity, and protecting the culture of 2.5 billion people can be confronted with renewed optimism. We review recent lessons about the functioning of dryland ecosystems and the livelihood systems of their human residents and introduce a new synthetic framework, the Drylands Development Paradigm (DDP). The DDP, supported by a growing and well-documented set of tools for policy and management action, helps navigate the inherent complexity of desertification and dryland development, identifying and synthesizing those factors important to research, management, and policy communities.
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spelling CGSpace218292025-12-08T09:54:28Z Global desertification: Building a science for dryland development Reynolds, J.F. Stafford Smith, D.M. Lambin, E.F. Turner, B.L. Mortimore, M. Batterbury, S.P.J. Downing, T.E. Dowlatabadi, H. Fernández, R.J. Herrick, Jeffrey E. Huber-Sannwald, E. Jiang, H. Leemans, R. Lynam, T. Maestre, F.T. Ayarza, Miguel Angel Walker, B. desertification arid zones research desertificación zona árida investigación In this millennium, global drylands face a myriad of problems that present tough research, management, and policy challenges. Recent advances in dryland development, however, together with the integrative approaches of global change and sustainability science, suggest that concerns about land degradation, poverty, safeguarding biodiversity, and protecting the culture of 2.5 billion people can be confronted with renewed optimism. We review recent lessons about the functioning of dryland ecosystems and the livelihood systems of their human residents and introduce a new synthetic framework, the Drylands Development Paradigm (DDP). The DDP, supported by a growing and well-documented set of tools for policy and management action, helps navigate the inherent complexity of desertification and dryland development, identifying and synthesizing those factors important to research, management, and policy communities. 2007-05-11 2012-09-21T13:05:40Z 2012-09-21T13:05:40Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/21829 es Limited Access American Association for the Advancement of Science Reynolds, J. F., Smith, D. M. S., Lambin, E. F., Turner, B. L., Mortimore, M., Batterbury, S. P. J., Downing, T. E., Dowlatabadi, H., Fernández, R. J., Herrick, J. E., Huber-Sannwald, E., Jiang, H., Leemans, R., Lynam, T., Maestre, F. T., Ayarza, M., & Walker, B. (2007). Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development. Science, 316(5826), 847–851. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1131634
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arid zones
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desertificación
zona árida
investigación
Reynolds, J.F.
Stafford Smith, D.M.
Lambin, E.F.
Turner, B.L.
Mortimore, M.
Batterbury, S.P.J.
Downing, T.E.
Dowlatabadi, H.
Fernández, R.J.
Herrick, Jeffrey E.
Huber-Sannwald, E.
Jiang, H.
Leemans, R.
Lynam, T.
Maestre, F.T.
Ayarza, Miguel Angel
Walker, B.
Global desertification: Building a science for dryland development
title Global desertification: Building a science for dryland development
title_full Global desertification: Building a science for dryland development
title_fullStr Global desertification: Building a science for dryland development
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title_short Global desertification: Building a science for dryland development
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arid zones
research
desertificación
zona árida
investigación
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/21829
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