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Multifaceted Impacts of Sustainable Land Management in Drylands: A Review

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Title Multifaceted Impacts of Sustainable Land Management in Drylands: A Review
 
Creator Marques, Maria Jose
 
Contributor Schwilch, Gudrun
Lauterburg, Nina
Crittenden, Stephen
Tesfai, Mehreteab
Stolte, Jannes
Zdruli, Pandi
Zucca, Claudio
Petursdottir, Thorunn
Evelpidou, Niki
Karkani, Anna
AsliYilmazgil, Yasemen
Panagopoulos, Thomas
Yirdaw, Eshetu
Kanninen, Markku
Rubio, Jose Luis
Schmiedel, Ute
Doko, Adrian
 
Subject wocat
participatory-approach
 
Description Biophysical restoration or rehabilitation measures of land have demonstrated to be effective
in many scientific projects and small-scale environmental experiments. However circumstances such
as poverty, weak policies, or inefficient scientific knowledge transmission can hinder the effective
upscaling of land restoration and the long term maintenance of proven sustainable use of soil and
water. This may be especially worrisome in lands with harsh environmental conditions. This review
covers recent efforts in landscape restoration and rehabilitation with a functional perspective aiming
to simultaneously achieve ecosystem sustainability, economic efficiency, and social wellbeing. Water
management and rehabilitation of ecosystem services in croplands, rangelands, forests, and coastlands
are reviewed. The joint analysis of such diverse ecosystems provides a wide perspective to determine:
(i) multifaceted impacts on biophysical and socio-economic factors; and (ii) elements influencing
effective upscaling of sustainable land management practices. One conclusion can be highlighted: voluntary adoption is based on different pillars, i.e. external material and economic support, and
spread of success information at the local scale to demonstrate the multidimensional benefits of
sustainable land management. For the successful upscaling of land management, more attention
must be paid to the social system from the first involvement stage, up to the long term maintenance.
 
Date 2016-03-16T12:56:34Z
2016-03-16T12:56:34Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/2/177
https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/O5FspsGv/v/0537c63bb6a79845f839c3d08d4b2cb2
Maria Jose Marques, Gudrun Schwilch, Nina Lauterburg, Stephen Crittenden, Mehreteab Tesfai, Jannes Stolte, Pandi Zdruli, Claudio Zucca, Thorunn Petursdottir, Niki Evelpidou, Anna Karkani, Yasemen AsliYilmazgil, Thomas Panagopoulos, Eshetu Yirdaw, Markku Kanninen, Jose Luis Rubio, Ute Schmiedel, Adrian Doko. (20/2/2016). Multifaceted Impacts of Sustainable Land Management in Drylands: A Review. Sustainability, 8 (2).
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/4562
Open access
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher MDPI
 
Source Sustainability;8,(2016)