Saving soils at degradation frontlines: Sustainable land management in drylands
Abstract
Healthy soils are fundamental to life. They grow the food we eat and the wood we use for shelter and fuel, purify the water we drink, and hold fast to the roots of the natural world we cherish. They are the ground beneath our feet and beneath our homes. But they are under threat, especially from human overuse and climate change. Nowhere is this more evident than in dryland areas, where soil degradation – or desertification – wears away at this essential resource, sometimes with sudden rapidity when a tipping point is crossed. Though it is a challenge, preserving and restoring healthy soils in drylands is possible, and it concerns all of us. Sustainable land management points the way.
Date Issued
2015
Publication Type
Report
Subjects
CDEPolicyBrief
Language(s)
en
Additional Credits
Publisher
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
ISSN
2296-8687
Access(Rights)
open.access