Land Governance, News and Opinion, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable Land Management

AfSS2016: Soil Restoration for Achieving the 2063 and 2030 Agendas in Africa – Linking Global Ambitions to Local Needs

AfSS2016: Soil Restoration for Achieving the 2063 and 2030 Agendas in Africa – Linking Global Ambitions to Local Needs

What happens when you bring small-scale farmers, soil scientists, land rights and gender equality activists, academics, policy-makers and environmental stewards together in one space? Well, as the Global Soil Week has proven time and again, a beautiful exchange of knowledge…

News, Opinion, Sustainable Land Management

Large scale soil restoration for climate change adaptation, mitigation and food security – what’s in it for smallholder farmers?

Large scale soil restoration for climate change adaptation, mitigation and food security – what’s in it for smallholder farmers?

Land Degradation Endangers Livelihoods and Climate The land on our planet is rapidly degrading, causing a chain reaction of loss of livelihood, hunger, land-use change, higher greenhouse gas emissions, and human migration. A recent scientific study on global land degradation…