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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Scientific concepts for an integrated analysis of desertification
Land Degradation and Development, Volume 22, No. 2, Year 2011
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The Global Drylands Observing System proposed in this issue should reduce the huge uncertainty about the extent of desertification and the rate at which it is changing, and provide valuable information to scientists, planners and policy-makers. However, it needs careful design if information outputs are to be scientifically credible and salient to the needs of people living in dry areas. Its design would benefit from a robust, integrated scientific framework like the Dryland Development Paradigm to guide/inform the development of an integrated global monitoring and assessment programme (both directly and indirectly via the use of modelling). Various types of dryland system models (e.g. environmental, socioeconomic, land-use cover change, and agent-based) could provide insights into how to combine the plethora of monitoring information gathered on key socioeconomic and biophysical indicators to develop integrated assessment models. This paper shows how insights from models can help in selecting and integrating indicators, interpreting synthetic trends, incorporating cross-scalar processes, representing spatio-temporal variation, and evaluating uncertainty. Planners could use this integrated global monitoring and assessment programme to help implement effective policies to address the global problem of desertification. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Reynolds, J. F.
United States, Durham
Duke University
Grainger, A.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Stafford-Smith, Mark Stdord
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Bastin, G.
Australia, Brisbane
Csiro Ecosystem Sciences
GarcÍa-Barrios, Luis
Mexico, San Cristobal de Las Casas
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Fernández, R. J.
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Janssen, Marco A.
United States, Tempe
Arizona State University
Juergens, N.
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Scholes, Robert J.
South Africa, Pretoria
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Veldkamp, Tom (A ).
Netherlands, Enschede
Universiteit Twente
Verstraete, Michel M.
Belgium, Brussels
European Commission Joint Research Centre
von Maltitz, Graham Paul
South Africa, Pretoria
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Zdruli, P.
Italy, Valenzano
Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo Di Bari
Statistics
Citations: 144
Authors: 13
Affiliations: 12
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/ldr.1104
ISSN:
10853278
e-ISSN:
1099145X
Research Areas
Health System And Policy