The DESIRE Project: Desertification Mitigation and Remediation of Land a Global Approach for Local Solutions

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1 The DESIRE Project: Desertification Mitigation and Remediation of Land a Global Approach for Local Solutions Simone Verzandvoort, Erik van den Elsen, Rudi Hessel, and Coen Ritsema (Alterra- WUR), on behalf of the DESIRE consortium CRIC 9, Bonn EC side event 21 Feb 2011

2 Objectives China (ISWC ) DESIRE s objectives: Turkey (ESOGU ) 1. Give SLM measures a sound scientific basis 2. Improve definition of indicators 3. Assess and develop promising SLM strategies with stakeholder groups Chile (INIA ) 4. Evaluate SLM measures on regional scale 5. Disseminate results, guidance and decision support tools in suitable formats for all relevant stakeholders Morocco (Gudrun Schwilch, ) LANDCON1010, October 11-15, Xián, China

3 16 sites with different biophysical manifestations of desertification LANDCON1010, October 11-15, Xián, China

4 CDE Context and drivers of change (WB1) Stakeholders & their goals (WB1,6) Adjust Apply in longerterm programs & monitor progress to goals Status of LD and SLM and risk (WB1,2) Establish context and goals Apply SLM monitor evaluate & select SLM model regional effects Disseminate for extension & (inter)national policy (WB6) document and evaluate SLM Prioritize & select technologies in field experiments (WB4) Model biophysical and economic effects at field & regional scale (WB4,5)

5 CDE Context and drivers of change (WB1) Stakeholders & their goals (WB1,6) Adjust Apply in longerterm programs & monitor progress to goals Status of LD and SLM and risk (WB1,2) Establish context and goals Apply SLM monitor evaluate & select SLM model regional effects Disseminate for extension & (inter)national policy (WB6) document and evaluate SLM Prioritize & select technologies in field experiments (WB4) Model biophysical and economic effects at field & regional scale (WB4,5)

6 Biophysical & human-environmental context of desertification described and mapped (LADA-WOCAT-DESIRE mapping method) Drivers of desertification in DESIRE study sites

7 Desertification indicators, risks and relationships Degradation Major land Study Field Number of to land management process use sites sites indicators Desertification risk as a function of degradation processes Indicator datasets of all study sites Soil erosion by water runoff Tillage erosion Soil salinization used Agriculture Pasture Forest Agriculture Agriculture, natural vegetation Water stress Agriculture, natural vegetation Overgrazing Forest fires Natural vegetation, agriculture Natural vegetation Expert system for assessing desertification risk

8 CDE Context and drivers of change (WB1) Stakeholders & their goals (WB1,6) Adjust Apply in longerterm programs & monitor progress to goals Status of LD and SLM and risk (WB1,2) Establish context and goals Apply SLM monitor evaluate & select SLM model regional effects Disseminate for extension & (inter)national policy (WB6) document and evaluate SLM Prioritize & select technologies in field experiments (WB4) Model biophysical and economic effects at field & regional scale (WB4,5)

9 SLM technologies and approaches assessed and selected in a structured participatory process Photo: G. Schwilch

10 CDE Context and drivers of change (WB1) Stakeholders & their goals (WB1,6) Adjust Apply in longerterm programs & monitor progress to goals Status of LD and SLM and risk (WB1,2) Establish context and goals Apply SLM monitor evaluate & select SLM model regional effects Disseminate for extension & (inter)national policy (WB6) document and evaluate SLM Prioritize & select technologies in field experiments (WB4) Model biophysical and economic effects at field & regional scale (WB4,5)

11 Testing of remediation strategies 22 SLM technologies 57 field experiments 13 countries INIA INIA

12 Regional assessment of local SLM solutions Assessment of effects of policy scenarios on uptake of SLM and mitigation of land degradation using the PESERA-DESMICE modelling framework Local SLM solutions Policy scenarios Expressing benefits of SLM in biophysical terms (e.g. biomass in kg/m2) and in terms of US $ (NPV) CRIC 9, Bonn EC side event 21 Feb

13 CDE Context and drivers of change (WB1) Stakeholders & their goals (WB1,6) Adjust Apply in longerterm programs & monitor progress to goals Status of LD and SLM and risk (WB1,2) Establish context and goals Apply SLM monitor evaluate & select SLM model regional effects Disseminate for extension & (inter)national policy (WB6) document and evaluate SLM Prioritize & select technologies in field experiments (WB4) Model biophysical and economic effects at field & regional scale (WB4,5)

14 Dissemination to local stakeholders, (inter-)national policy & science Local/regional: stakeholder meetings Multi-lingual Harmonised Information System as a track record of project outputs National: connecting DESIRE teams to National Focal Points & linking INIA results of WB4/5 to NAPs Global: joint involvement in UNCCD process (COP, CST, CRIC) with LADA and WOCAT Scientific: 31 PhD researches papers (30 in 2010) UA

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