Climate and Land Degradation - Sivakumar, Mannava VK.; Ndiang'ui, Ndegwa; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007)
The Assessment of Global Trends in Land Degradation -- Status and Trends in Land Degradation in Africa -- Status and Trends in Land Degradation in Asia -- Trends in Land Degradation in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Role of Climate Change -- Trends in Land Degradation in Europe -- Climate and Land Degradation - an Overview -- Climate, Extreme Events and Land Degradation -- Effects of Some Meteorological Parameters on Land Degradation in Tanzania -- Rainfall and Land Degradation -- Frequency of Wet and Dry Spells in Tanzania -- Climate Variability, Climate Change and Land Degradation -- Fire Weather and Land Degradation -- Importance of Drought Information in Monitoring and Assessing Land Degradation -- The Role of Land Degradation in the Agriculture and Environment Nexus -- Using Weather and Climate Information for Landslide Prevention and Mitigation -- Drought Hazard and Land Management in the Drylands of Southern Africa -- Climate Monitoring in the Southern Africa Development Community -- Carbon Sequestration and Land Degradation -- Sustainable Land Management Through Soil Organic Carbon Management and Sequestration - The GEFSOC Modelling System -- Seasonal Variation of Carbon Dioxide, Rainfall, NDVI and it's Association to Land Degradation in Tanzania -- Land Degradation Control in Northern Africa -- Challenges and Trade-Offs in Environmental and Financial Approaches of the Afforestation of Degraded Lands -- The EU-Funded Medcoastland Thematic Network and its Findings in Combating Land Degradation in the Mediterranean Region -- Managing Land Use, Protecting Land and Mitigating Land Degradation: Tanzania Case Study -- Implementation of Initiatives for Addressing Climate Change and Land Degradation: A Look at the Philippine Context -- Successful Grassland Regeneration in a Severely Degraded Catchment: a Whole of Government Approach in North West Australia -- Land Degradation Management in Southern Africa -- Successful Experiences of Sustainable Land Use in Hyperarid, Arid and Semiarid Zones from Peru -- Role of Organic Agriculture in Preventing and Reversing Land Degradation -- Using Better Climate Prediction in the Implementation of National Action Programmes - (Eastern) Europe -- Improving NAP Implementation through Effective Use of Early Warning: Experiences in the IGAD Sub-Region -- Role of Drought Monitoring and Management in NAP Implementation -- Climate and National Action Programs in Latin America -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Workshop Statement.
Keywords: Climate change; Nature conservation; Geobiology; Climate Change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Nature Conservation; Biogeosciences