Land management options for mitigation fall in the following four categories: a) cropland management; b) grazing land management/pasture improvement; c) management of agricultural lands and d) restoration of degraded lands. This description focuses on the restoration of degraded lands. Within this description, a differentiation is made between a) management of organic and peaty soils and b) restoration of other degraded lands.
Restoration of degraded lands
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Country/region/village: Niger/Tondikiwindi/Darey
Community: Darey
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Half-moon with tree species Acacia Senegal, built by locals. Photo credit: Rodrigo Ordonez/GLF
Local name of practice: Handou Rabi
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A farmer from Loga standing close to one of the shrubs naturally assisted with millet cropping system.
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Across vast areas of the world, human activity has degraded once fertile and productive land. Deforestation, overgrazing, continuous farming and poor irrigation practices have affected almost 2 billion hectares worldwide, threatening the health and livelihoods of over one billion people. In this edition of New Agriculturist, a collection of articles explores some of the approaches and policies that can help to successfully rehabilitate degraded land.
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An Environmental Information System (EIS) aims to respond to decision-makers’ needs for information on the evolution of the environment, and its impact on people’s lives and the natural resources on which they depend.
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Type of National planObjectiveAdaptationSectorsCountryVietnam