Combating Desertification Land Degradation and Climate Change: Management of Drylands

📘 Book Details

• Author: T.S. Chouhan

• Publisher: Scientific Publishers

• Language: English

• Edition: 1st Edition (2018)

• Binding: Hard Bound

• Pages: 583

• Size: 6.20 x 9.25 x 3.90 inches

• Weight: 1000 g

• ISBN: 9789388043083

• Book Type: Academic Textbook

📖 About the Book

Desertification, Land Degradation and Climate Change: Assessment, Mitigation, and Remediation explores the intricate relationship between land degradation, desertification, and climate change. Although the individual processes of desertification and climate change are well-known, the book delves into their combined effects and how these issues interact in diverse social-ecological systems globally.

The book identifies vulnerabilities to the dual threats of land degradation and climate change and proposes triple-win adaptations—strategies that simultaneously tackle climate change and land degradation while promoting biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Covering a range of essential topics including carbon sequestration, soil fertility management, reforestation, and rangeland rehabilitation, this comprehensive volume provides an international perspective on sustainable land management practices. The book also incorporates modern GIS techniques, policy analyses, and participatory ecosystem management strategies to address the challenges posed by land degradation.

🎯 Key Features

• Comprehensive coverage of the combined effects of desertification, land degradation, and climate change

• Global perspectives on climatic domains in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas

• Insights into carbon sequestration, soil management, and reforestation

• Strategies for sustainable land management, participatory ecosystem management, and GIS techniques

• Policy analyses and plans for action to address desertification and climate change

🎯 Ideal For

• Environmental scientists, agronomists, and ecologists

• Policy makers and NGOs working on sustainable resource management and climate change mitigation

• Researchers and students in environmental science, geography, and agriculture

• International organizations involved in land degradation and climate change mitigation