A policy Brief from the Scientific Community: Fertile Ground? Options for a Science-Policy Platform on Land.

THOMAS, R., M. AKHTAR-SCHUSTER, L. STRINGER, M. J. MARQUES, R. ESCADAFAL, G. ENNE, E. ABRAHAM

Changwon

Taller; Side Event: "At the cutting edge: channelling core scientific advances into the UNCCD process"; 2011

UNCCD-CST-DESERTNET INTERNATIONAL

Land and water are under enormous pressures: shifting demographic developments, changes in lifestyles and consumer habits, increasing competition between food and biofuel production and a push towards carbon sequestration are placing considerable demands on land resources. These pressures are advancing land degradation at an alarming rate, raising concerns over food, poverty and political security. Climate change will compound these pressures, increasing the vulnerabilities of populations and their ecosystems. Ways to channel scientifically sound, evidence-based findings and scenarios concerning land use and management into policy arenas are required for informed policy-making.