Publications

(2024) Bernard Bonnet (coordination éditoriale), Jean-Luc Chotte (coordination éditoriale), Pierre Hiernaux (coordination éditoriale), Alexandre Ickowicz (coordination éditoriale), Maud Loireau (coordination éditoriale)

Désertification et changement climatique, un même combat?

We are pleased to inform you that the new book entitled: “Désertification et changement climatique, un même combat?“, has been published by the French Scientific Committee on Desertification (CSFD; https://www.csf-desertification.org/).

The pdf and ePub versions of the book are freely available here.

In the last chapter, devoted to teaching, capacity building, and awareness raising on desertification issues, there is a reference to the “DNI Academy” initiative, the Master in Desert Studies at the Ben Gurion University, and the PhD on Land Degradation and Desertification at the University of Sassari/UN University for Peace, among others (page 123).

Books

https://www.quae-open.com/produit/252/9782759238040/desertification-et-changement-climatique-un-meme-combat

(2023) EUSO

Soil Atlas of Asia

The EUSO, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, has brought together over 100 soil experts from 45 Asian and European countries to produce the first-ever SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA. The atlas is targeted at the general public, decision-makers, politicians, teachers and even scientists in other disciplines, and aims to raise awareness of the importance of soil to human existence in Asia. The atlas explains, in a simple and clear manner, the reasons for the varying patterns of soil across Asia as well as the need to conserve and manage this increasingly threatened natural resource through sustainable use. At its heart is a series of annotated maps that show, for the very first time, the diversity of soil characteristics across the Asian continent in a manner that is comprehensible to the layperson. Download the Atlas: https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/soil-atlas-asia

Books

https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/soil-atlas-asia

(2021) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).

GAR Special Report on Drought 2021

Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. The extensive impacts of drought are consistently underreported even though they span large areas, cascade through systems and scales, and linger through time, affecting millions of people and contributing to food insecurity, poverty, and inequality. Climate change is increasing temperatures and disrupting rainfall patterns, increasing the frequency, severity, and duration of droughts in many regions across the globe. As we move towards a 2˚C warmer world, urgent action is required to better understand and more effectively manage drought risk to reduce the devastating toll on human lives and livelihoods, and ecosystems.

The GAR Special Report on Drought 2021 explores the systemic nature of drought and its impacts on achievement of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the SDGs and human and ecosystems health and wellbeing.

The report is available for download here.

The GAR Special Report on Drought 2021 was published by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
The GAR Special Report on Drought 2021 explores the systemic nature of drought and its impacts on achievement of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the SDGs and human and ecosystems health and wellbeing.

Report

https://www.undrr.org/publication/gar-special-report-drought-2021