Drynet

A global initiative, giving future to drylands.

Today 70% of the victims of serious and permanent undernourishment – an estimated 600 million people – live in semi-arid and arid ecosystems or “drylands”. Examples of drylands are deserts, grasslands and savannahs, which currently cover 41% of the global land area. Natural resources, cultivation and livestock-rearing remain centrally important to the economies and livelihoods of the majority of people who live in drylands.

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Latest drynet news:

05.05.2025

Reflections from UNCCD COP16: Civil society rising to the challenge

By Ana Di Pangracio, Deputy Director at Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN), Argentina, Member of the UNCCD CSO Panel (2022-2024) and CSO Observer in…

19.06.2023

Ana di Pangracio on Women and Land Rights

In celebration of WDCD 2023, here is a brilliant summation of the issues that we must address formulated by Drynet Board member Ana di Pangracio…

15.06.2023

Reflecting on Drynet members’ contributions to sustaining the global drylands and their people

World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) is celebrated every year on 17 June. It aims to raise public awareness that land degradation neutrality (LDN) is…

Latest drynet initiatives:

Namibia 15.10.2015

Development of sustainable rangeland management practises in the communal lands of Namibia

Degradation of rangelands in drylands is occurring at an alarming rate worldwide both in developed and developing countries. Conventional rangeland management assumes overstocking to be the main cause of degradation and thus frequently recommends reducing stock numbers to fixed stocking rates as the primary management intervention. However, …

EMGSouth Africa 15.10.2015

Identification, demonstration and adoption of appropriate eco-technologies to ensure sustainable resource management in Kwazulu Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces

GRETMadagascar 15.10.2015

La culture d’igname et la gestion durable des sols – Madagascar Cas du Menabe Central

Category: soil and water conservation – En 2002, avec le concours du Projet igname de la Faculté des sciences du l’Université d’Antananarivo sous le financement du FADES, un inventaire des espèces d’igname à été fait dans la région. Des essais de culture ont été fait à partir de l’année 2004 dans différentes localités dont les caractéristiques…

Action pour le développement du Sahel (ADESA)

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