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…
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Giving future to drylands
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Giving future to drylands
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Giving future to drylands
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Giving future to drylands
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Giving future to drylands
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.
Latest drynet news:
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…
03.02.2023
2022 Drynet Strategic Retreat
In October 2022 network members met for 2 days at Hameau de l’Étoile, St Martin de Londres in France to reflect and achieve the following…
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
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…
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