Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development

@article{citeulike:1297295, abstract = {In this millennium, global drylands face a myriad of problems that present tough research, management, and policy challenges. Recent advances in dryland development, however, together with the integrative approaches of global change and sustainability science, suggest that concerns about land degradation, poverty, safeguarding biodiversity, and protecting the culture of 2.5 billion people can be confronted with renewed optimism. We review recent lessons about the functioning of dryland ecosystems and the livelihood systems of their human residents and introduce a new synthetic framework, the Drylands Development Paradigm (DDP). The DDP, supported by a growing and well-documented set of tools for policy and management action, helps navigate the inherent complexity of desertification and dryland development, identifying and synthesizing those factors important to research, management, and policy communities. 10.1126/science.1131634}, author = {Reynolds, James F. and Smith and Lambin, Eric F. and Turner, B. L. and Mortimore, Michael and Batterbury, Simon P. and Downing, Thomas E. and Dowlatabadi, Hadi and Fernandez, Roberto J. and Herrick, Jeffrey E. and Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth and Jiang, Hong and Leemans, Rik and Lynam, Tim and Maestre, Fernando T. and Ayarza, Miguel and Walker, Brian }, citeulike-article-id = {1297295}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1131634}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {desertification, development, drylands}, month = {May}, number = {5826}, pages = {847--851}, posted-at = {2007-05-23 12:53:33}, priority = {0}, title = {Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1131634}, volume = {316}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1297295 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1297295 TI - Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development JF - Science VL - 316 IS - 5826 SP - 847 EP - 851 N2 - In this millennium, global drylands face a myriad of problems that present tough research, management, and policy challenges. Recent advances in dryland development, however, together with the integrative approaches of global change and sustainability science, suggest that concerns about land degradation, poverty, safeguarding biodiversity, and protecting the culture of 2.5 billion people can be confronted with renewed optimism. We review recent lessons about the functioning of dryland ecosystems and the livelihood systems of their human residents and introduce a new synthetic framework, the Drylands Development Paradigm (DDP). The DDP, supported by a growing and well-documented set of tools for policy and management action, helps navigate the inherent complexity of desertification and dryland development, identifying and synthesizing those factors important to research, management, and policy communities. 10.1126/science.1131634 KW - desertification KW - development KW - drylands AU - Reynolds, James AU - Smith AU - Lambin, Eric AU - Turner, BL AU - Mortimore, Michael AU - Batterbury, Simon AU - Downing, Thomas AU - Dowlatabadi, Hadi AU - Fernandez, Roberto AU - Herrick, Jeffrey AU - Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth AU - Jiang, Hong AU - Leemans, Rik AU - Lynam, Tim AU - Maestre, Fernando AU - Ayarza, Miguel AU - Walker, Brian PY - 2007/05/11/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1131634 ER -