https://www.ifad.org/documents/10180/e036916a-9d15-463f-8952-56d1566d7ac8
The Drylands Advantage
Protecting the environment, empowering people
“Recognition of the true value of ecosystem services, and of the opportunities they offer, will enable better planning and realization of the full economic potential of dryland ecosystems, rebutting the common perception that drylands are ‘economic wastelands’” (IUCN, 2009).
Table of Contents
Acronyms 4
Introduction 5
China: Boosting biodiversity for benefits to people and the environment 9
Jordan: Sustainable land management 15
Nicaragua: Nutrition security in the Dry Corridor in the face of El Niño 21
Senegal: What a little freshwater can do 27
Swaziland: Grass-roots governance beats overgrazing and gully erosion 32
Conclusions and next steps 37
References and resources consulted 39
