1. Geopolitics,
climate change and
scarcity: the
challenge of
systemic trends
Land degradation /
Desertification:
Our Blind Spot
Luc GNACADJA
Executive Secretary
United Nations Convention
to Combat Desertification
9. UNCCD
Poverty eradication
Food Security
Improving livelihood through
pro-poor policies on
Sustainable Land & Water
Management
Land availability & soil
fertility improvement at the
core of all long term
strategies
Climate change
Drought &
Water stress
Improving water availability &
quality through sustainable
land & water management
Biodiversity
Land is a win-win context for
Biodiversity conservation
Governance for
adaptation, mitigation &
through improvement of land
Holistic Management ecosystemsâ conditions
resilience building
Avoided
Deforestation
Sust Land Management or
Land rehabilitation as an
alternative to deforestation
Bio Energies
Opportunities to invest in/for
the people living in the
degraded lands & Provide
alternative to Biomass
Human Security
Avoided Migrations
Changing the âUse â Degrade
â and Migrateâ pattern
through SLWM or SLEM