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Land Degradation Assessment and Monitoring of Drylands
Published in Prasad S. Thenkabail, Remote Sensing Handbook, 2015
Marion Stellmes, Ruth Sonnenschein, Achim Röder, Thomas Udelhoven, Stefan Sommer, Joachim Hill
The previous sections have illustrated that time series analysis allows to discriminate human-induced land cover changes and changes caused by interannual climatic variability. Beyond this, a crucial element of land degradation assessment is the identification of underlying and proximate causes of human-induced changes (e.g., Reynolds et al., 2007). Only in this manner the coupled human-natural character of land cover changes can be understood and an identification of the mechanisms that drive land degradation is possible. This knowledge provides the foundation to support the development of sustainable land management strategies.
Environmental and Social Impact
Published in Ajai, Rimjhim Bhatnagar, Desertification and Land Degradation, 2022
Therefore, land degradation and desertification can have a serious impact on the economic and social conditions of the people, specifically, the poor people living in developing countries and that too in marginal and dryland areas. People who are well off, in terms of the available capital, may try to adopt sustainable land management practices including soil and moisture conservation, in order to prevent or mitigate the impact of land degradation. Such people are able to maintain the level of agricultural productivity and are therefore less vulnerable to land degradation and desertification.
Assessing the effectiveness of community-based watershed management practices in reversing land degradation in the Finchwuha watershed, Gojjam, Ethiopia
Published in International Journal of River Basin Management, 2022
Asnake Mekuriaw, Tadesse Amsalu
This study may conclude that the community-based watershed management measures practised in the study area have been effectively reversing land degradation by improving the vegetative cover and reducing soil loss. This approach can significantly contribute to addressing land degradation and promoting sustainable land management. The empirical shreds of evidence documented in this study will help practise improved decision-making on community-based watershed management. Community-based watershed management approach can therefore be considered an effective strategy to address problems of land degradation in other areas of Ethiopia. Efforts geared towards implementing community-based natural resources should focus on interventions that lead to establishing robust local level organizations based on the will of the local community, empowerment of the local community through training, experience exchange, and activities that ensure the land right tenure security of the community.
Sustainable land use as panacea for efficient households’ trips in Osun State Nigeria
Published in Cogent Engineering, 2023
Samuel Babatunde Adedotun, Rafiu Babatunde Ibrahim, Dele Sunday Ogundahunsi, Kola Ewedairo
From the literature, Sustainable land use or management are often used interchangeably but with different meaning in context. Land use has to do with decision making over spatial arrangement of land use activities such as, work, residential, commercial, recreation, public uses, etc. On the other hand land management refers to management practices within specific land uses. Sustainable land management has been defined as a “knowledge-based procedure that helps to integrate land, water, biodiversity and environmental management to meet rising economic, environmental and social demands while sustaining ecosystem services and livelihoods” (Muili, 2013). Sustainable Land use management is also described as the integrated land management.