Land degradation is reaching alarming levels worldwide. Yet despite its direct impact on food sovereignty, climate change and biodiversity, it has long remained in the shadows of these more mediated issues. Crucial for the survival of our planet, the mitigation of land degradation is finally receiving the attention it deserves from the international community.
Title
Endangered Earth
Linking Note
In: Global Challenges. - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. - Issue 6(2019)
Date
2019
Record Created
2019-11-26
Record ID
297796
Note
Soil degradation: at the core of the anthropocene's intricate fragility / Dominic Eggel and Marc Galvin ; The ground beneath our feet: food, agriculture and climate change / Shaila Seshia Galvin ; Food security and land use in the 21st Century: the Return of Malthus? / Timothy Swanson ; Abandoned mines: the scars of the past / Marc Hufty ; Land grabs, big business and large-scale damages / Christophe Gironde ; The desertification myth? / Marc Galvin and Ronald Jaubert ; Darkness at noon: deforestation in the new authoritarian era / Susanna Hecht
