Economics of land degradation and improvement : a global assessment for sustainable development / edited by Ephraim Nkonya, Alisher Mirzabaev, Joachim von Braun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nkonya, Ephraim.

Contributor:

Nkonya, Ephraim, Editor.

Mirzabaev, Alisher, Editor.

von Braun, Joachim., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics.

Environmental Economics.

Local Subjects:

Environmental Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 686 pages) : colour illustrations, charts.

Edition:

First edition 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of land degradation is especially severe on livelihoods of the poor who heavily depend on natural resources. The annual global cost of land degradation due to land use and cover change (LUCC) and lower cropland and rangeland productivity is estimated to be about 300 billion USD. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for the largest share (22%) of the total global cost of land degradation. Only about 38% of the cost of land degradation due to LUCC - which accounts for 78% of the US$300 billion loss – is borne by land users and the remaining share (62%) is borne by consumers of ecosystem services off the farm. The results in this volume indicate that reversing land degradation trends makes both economic sense, and has multiple social and environmental benefits. On average, one US dollar investment into restoration of degraded land returns five US dollars. The findings of the country case studies call for increased investments into the rehabilitation and restoration of degraded lands, including through such institutional and policy measures as strengthening community participation for sustainable land management, enhancing government effectiveness and rule of law, improving access to markets and rural services, and securing land tenure. The assessment in this volume has been conducted at a time when there is an elevated interest in private land investments and when global efforts to achieve sustainable development objectives have intensified. In this regard, the results of this volume can contribute significantly to the ongoing policy debate and efforts to design strategies for achieving sustainable development goals and related efforts to address land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I: Concepts and Methods

Methods

Institutional Framework of Taking Action Against Land Degradation

Part II: Global

Global Extent Of Land Degradation

Ground-Truthing of Land Degradation Mapping

The Global Cost of Land Degradation

Global Drivers of Land Degradation

ELD in Global Rangelands

Part III: Regional

ELD in Sub-Saharan Africa

ELD in Central Asia

Part IV: Country Case Studies: Cost, Drivers and Action Against of Land Degradation

Argentina

Bhutan

China

Ethiopia

India

Kenya

Niger

Russia

Senegal

Tanzania and Malawi.-Uzbekistan

Part V: Lessons Learnt and Implications

What Can We Learn from the Cost of Inaction Against Land Degradation?

What Can We Learn from the Success Stories of Addressing or Preventing Land Degradation?

What are the Low-hanging Fruits for Addressing Land Degradation?.-What the World Needs to do to Build Momentum of Addressing Land Degradation?.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9783319191683

3319191683

OCLC:

948567422

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access