Convert marginal cropping land to grazing (Slovenia)
SLM example from the WOCAT database
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Keyhole homestead/domestic gardens (Bangladesh)
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Banana intercropping on sloping land (Lao PDR)
SLM example from the WOCAT database
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Dedha grazing system (Kenya)
SLM example from the WOCAT database
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Use of waste water for irrigation (Italy)
SLM example from the WOCAT database
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Mulch, screen and irrigation technology (Tonga)
SLM example from the WOCAT database
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Rainwater harvesting (Saint Lucia)
SLM example from the WOCAT database
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Growing corn using drip irrigation (Cambodia)
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Drought proof drought prone villages (India)
Rain water use and storage. Eco friendly sustainable agriculture. Develop waste land, sloppy land and forest land (control of erosion loss Kitchen gardens for nutritional security testing of SRI and mixed cropping). Soil conservation, land shaping, pasture development, vegetative bunding
Advantages / Benefits
Any region with such traditional knowledge and techniques can replicate this approach with small local technological and social additions/adaptability approaches
These villages have been champions of forest protection traditionally, therefore, when the project talked about forest protection and management as one of the important components to arrest desertification, the people easily agreed to it and got organized
Who involved
Local water councils
Farmers
Non-governmental organization (NGOs)s
Farmers
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Feasibility
The continuous drought condition in an area where drought was not seen before had already made people so much vulnerable that they were looking for some direction to fight this situation. This became the first condition for achieving success in this model.
On-farm ponds to harvest rainwater (Cambodia)
SLM example from the WOCAT database
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Rice grain bank as community safety net (Cambodia)
SLM example from the WOCAT database
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Prosopis cineraria agroforestry (India)
SLM example from the WOCAT database
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Integrated floodwater spreading systems (Iran)
SLM example from the WOCAT database
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Find grants, training courses, vacancies and other capacity building opportunities
Find grants, training courses, vacancies, and other capacity-building opportunities
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Find CSOs, Focal Points, contact details and information about LDN targets
Visit the page for [term:name] on the UNCCD Knowledge Hub, to find:
- Information about LDN Targets (where applicable)
- UNCCD national Focal Points
- Science and Technology correspondents and the UNCCD Roster of experts
- UNCCD accredited CSOs in [term:name]
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SLM examples from [term:name]
Sustainable land management (SLM) refers to practices and technologies that aim to integrate the management of land, water, biodiversity, and other environmental resources to meet human needs while ensuring the long-term sustainability of ecosystem services and livelihoods. Implementing Sustainable Land Management options can contribute to reducing drought risk.
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Advantages / Benefits
Food security
Maintenance of dams and irrigation structures
Soil carbon sequestration
Climate change mitigation
Maintenance of dams and irrigation structures
Soil carbon sequestration
Climate change mitigation
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Drought Risk Assessment
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When the skies ran dry
Bonn, Germany – Over the past hundred years, the increase in human populations has been three times greater than during the entire previous history of mankind. More natural resources have been extracted from the earth and more land converted for cities, agriculture, and industry than ever before. On this warming planet, droughts seem to have changed their nature as well, increasing in spatial extent, duration, frequency, and severity.
The new film "When skies ran dry," produced by Dr. Patrick Augenstein, attempts to answer the following questions: How can we more actively prepare for drought on a planet more radically altered by humans than ever before? What’s causing drought in the anthropocene and how we can confront the risks and challenges it brings? The filmmakers visit some of the world’s regions affected and altered by drought, speaking to farmers, water managers, scientists and policy makers.
Integrated Drought Management HelpDesk
The Integrated Drought Management HelpDesk provides access to tailor-made support to countries for an integrated approach to drought management and the latest knowledge and guidance on drought management policy and practice. It was developed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Global Water Partnership (GWP) with support from over 30 expert institutions, which are partners of the Integrated Drought Management Program (IDMP).
Drought management plan and policy guidance, as well as country examples, are available at the Integrated Drought Management HelpDesk.
An evolving list of examples of drought mitigation, preparedness and response measures is available at the Integrated Drought Management HelpDesk Pillar section.
First UNCCD Capacity Building Training Fair 2019
The First UNCCD Capacity Building Training Fair was held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) in Georgetown, Guyana. The Training Fair was specifically designed to address the main issues that the UNCCD focuses on, and to strengthen the capacities of the Parties so that they can undertake actions to tackle these challenges. One of the main objectives of this first Fair was to help decision-makers and UNCCD stakeholders increase their capacities both individually and institutionally.
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Digital Earth Africa
Digital Earth Africa is a free platform for accessing satellite imagery specific to the African continent. To make the satellite data easier to use, Digital Earth Africa translates it into an analysis-ready format to provide insights into land and water resources. The Digital Earth Africa Map portal provides easy access for anyone to visualize and analyze the data. The portal provides technical users with a programming environment to conduct comprehensive analysis.
Digital Earth Africa
Digital Earth Africa is a free platform for accessing satellite imagery specific to the African continent. To make the satellite data easier to use, Digital Earth Africa translates it into an analysis-ready format to provide insights into land and water resources. The Digital Earth Africa Map portal provides easy access for anyone to visualize and analyze the data. The portal provides technical users with a programming environment to conduct comprehensive analysis.
Google Earth Engine Standard Vegetation Index
The aim of this step-by-step guide, offered on the UN-SPIDER knowledge portal, is to create a standard vegetation index (SVI) timeline based on the MODIS enhanced vegetation index (EVI) product. The SVI is used as it highlights the difference to the mean vegetation status during a given time and therefore provides information about drought-like conditions.
Google Earth Engine (GEE) is a web-platform for cloud-based processing of remote sensing data on a large scale. The advantage lies in its remarkable computation speed as processing is outsourced to Google servers. The platform provides a variety of constantly updated datasets; no download of raw imagery is required. While it is free of charge, one still needs to activate access to Google Earth Engine with a valid Google account. A confirmation is usually received within 2 to 3 working days.
Food gardening in a drought water-saving strategies
With drought conditions official, you may be wondering whether or not to bother with a food garden in a drought year. There are water-wise actions that can be employed for a successful harvest. Sonoma County Master Gardeners have produced several documents that address gardening under drought conditions in detail.