The document discusses the potential for circular economy principles to help address widespread land degradation issues in Africa and leapfrog countries to more sustainable development. It notes that over a third of the world's soil is degraded, costing over 10% of global GDP, and that land degradation undermines efforts to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The document advocates for landscape-level approaches like land degradation neutrality that integrate restoration into national strategies through circular bioeconomy principles focusing on community participation.
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http://www.landscapes.org/
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25 - 29 November 2019. Antalya, Turkey. Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC) - 24th Session
Presentation by Dr. Mounir Louhaichi
Rangeland Ecology & Management
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
M.Louhaichi@cigar.org
Trees on farms: Unexplored big wins for climate change through landscape res...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation given by Henry Neufeldt of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) at the Global Landscapes Forum on 16 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco.
http://www.landscapes.org/
Africa’s Great Green Wall: Building Prosperity and Resilience CIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation given by Simon Rietbergen, Senior Forestry Officer at the FAO, at the Global Landscapes Forum on 16 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco.
http://www.landscapes.org/
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25 - 29 November 2019. Antalya, Turkey. Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC) - 24th Session
Presentation by Dr. Mounir Louhaichi
Rangeland Ecology & Management
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
M.Louhaichi@cigar.org
Trees on farms: Unexplored big wins for climate change through landscape res...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation given by Henry Neufeldt of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) at the Global Landscapes Forum on 16 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco.
http://www.landscapes.org/
No Ordinary Matter: Conserving, Restoring & Enhancing Africa's Soils: DG AGRI...Agriculture for Impact
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Building Climate Smart FARMERS The Indian PerspectiveICARDA
Presented by
DR. KIRIT N SHELAT, I.A.S. (Rtd)
National Council for Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Public Leadership (NCCSD)
AHMEDABAD - INDIA
Highlights on 2019 research outputs and outcomesICARDA
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Highlights of recent research breakthroughs and strategic questions presented by Strategic Research Priorities (CRPs) and Cross Cutting Themes (CCTs).
Climate change and food systems: Global modeling to inform decision makingCIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation given by Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow in the Environment and Production Technology Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute, at the Global Landscapes Forum on 16 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco.
http://www.landscapes.org/
Indonesia as the highest CO2 emitter from land-based sector. Peatland restoration is a high global priority. Policies and regulation reflecting good-will and ability are crucial. There are challenges, which agroforestry can solve.
Resource conservation, tools for screening climate smart practices and public...Prabhakar SVRK
Natural resources continue to play an important role in livelihood and wellbeing of millions. Over exploitation and degradation of natural resource base have led to declining factor productivity in rural areas and dwindling farm profits coupled with debilitating impact on human health. This necessitates promoting technologies that can help producing food keeping pace with the growing population while conserving natural resource base and be profitable. Achieving this conflicting target though appears to be challenging but is possible with the currently available technologies. This lecture will provide insights into a gamut of resource conserving technologies, the role of communities in promoting them and tools that can help in identifying suitable technologies for adoption. The lecture will heavily borrow sustainable agriculture cases from the Asia Pacific region.
Outline
• Natural resource dependency and rural development
o Trends in resource depletion and impact on food production
o Farm profitability trends and input use
o Trends in factor productivity
• Resource conserving technologies and climate smart agriculture
o What are they?
o Similarities and differences
o Costs and benefits of pursuing them
• Tools for identifying resource conserving and climate smart agriculture technologies
o Factor productivity
o Benefit cost ratios
o Marginal abatement costs
• Role of communities
o Communities as entry point
o Benefits of community participation
• Concluding thoughts
o How to scale up resource conservation?
What lasting solutions to desertification - land degration issues lecture i...Luc Gnacadja
What lasting solutions to Desertification Land degradation and Drought issues in the context of "The Future We Want"?
Outline
1). Land as a strategic commodity in the Nexus of Poverty-Food-Energy-Water
2). Understanding Land degradation, Desertification and Drought
3). The UNCCD from Rio Summit (1992) to Rio+20
4). Land-degradation neutral world: a holistic framework for lasting solutions?
5). The reasons for hope
No Ordinary Matter: Conserving, Restoring & Enhancing Africa's Soils: DG AGRI...Agriculture for Impact
Professor Sir Gordon Conway gives a presentation to the European Commission on the findings of our latest report on soil quality for food security in Africa.
Building Climate Smart FARMERS The Indian PerspectiveICARDA
Presented by
DR. KIRIT N SHELAT, I.A.S. (Rtd)
National Council for Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Public Leadership (NCCSD)
AHMEDABAD - INDIA
Highlights on 2019 research outputs and outcomesICARDA
18-20/11/2019. ICARDA Board of Trustees. The Program Committee of the first day was open to all staff. It included:
Highlights of recent research breakthroughs and strategic questions presented by Strategic Research Priorities (CRPs) and Cross Cutting Themes (CCTs).
Climate change and food systems: Global modeling to inform decision makingCIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation given by Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow in the Environment and Production Technology Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute, at the Global Landscapes Forum on 16 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco.
http://www.landscapes.org/
Indonesia as the highest CO2 emitter from land-based sector. Peatland restoration is a high global priority. Policies and regulation reflecting good-will and ability are crucial. There are challenges, which agroforestry can solve.
Resource conservation, tools for screening climate smart practices and public...Prabhakar SVRK
Natural resources continue to play an important role in livelihood and wellbeing of millions. Over exploitation and degradation of natural resource base have led to declining factor productivity in rural areas and dwindling farm profits coupled with debilitating impact on human health. This necessitates promoting technologies that can help producing food keeping pace with the growing population while conserving natural resource base and be profitable. Achieving this conflicting target though appears to be challenging but is possible with the currently available technologies. This lecture will provide insights into a gamut of resource conserving technologies, the role of communities in promoting them and tools that can help in identifying suitable technologies for adoption. The lecture will heavily borrow sustainable agriculture cases from the Asia Pacific region.
Outline
• Natural resource dependency and rural development
o Trends in resource depletion and impact on food production
o Farm profitability trends and input use
o Trends in factor productivity
• Resource conserving technologies and climate smart agriculture
o What are they?
o Similarities and differences
o Costs and benefits of pursuing them
• Tools for identifying resource conserving and climate smart agriculture technologies
o Factor productivity
o Benefit cost ratios
o Marginal abatement costs
• Role of communities
o Communities as entry point
o Benefits of community participation
• Concluding thoughts
o How to scale up resource conservation?
What lasting solutions to desertification - land degration issues lecture i...Luc Gnacadja
What lasting solutions to Desertification Land degradation and Drought issues in the context of "The Future We Want"?
Outline
1). Land as a strategic commodity in the Nexus of Poverty-Food-Energy-Water
2). Understanding Land degradation, Desertification and Drought
3). The UNCCD from Rio Summit (1992) to Rio+20
4). Land-degradation neutral world: a holistic framework for lasting solutions?
5). The reasons for hope
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Presentation by: Lorena Santamaria Rojas
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Land degradation means the loss of potential production capacity of soil as a result of degradation of soil quality.
Partial or entire loss of one or more functions of soil.
Land degradation means loss in the capacity of a given land to support growth of useful plants on a sustained basis (Singh,1994)
Globally, about 25 percent of the total land area has been degraded.
24 billion tons of fertile soil was being lost per year, largely due to unsustainable agricultural practices
If this trend continues, 95 percent of the Earth’s land areas could become degraded by 2050.
Globally, 3.2 billion people are affected by land degradation
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Senior Research Fellow Alex De Pinto's presentation at IUCN side event at COP23 (November 2017)
Land and forest degradation is a global problem and must be addressed globally.
Presented at the Africa Agriculture Science week in Accra, Ghana on July 17th 2013, during CPWF's side event ‘Engagement platforms for food and water security: opportunities to harness innovation to improve livelihoods and resilience in Africa’
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This presentation was uploaded with the author’s consent.
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CE rural development Luc Gnacadja wcef2018
1. Circular Economy
and Rural Development
Potential for Leapfrogging African Countries
into more Sustainable Development Pathways
Luc GNACADJA
President
World Circular Economy Forum
October 22-23 Yokohama, Japan
2. • 1/3 of the world’s
soil is moderately
to highly degraded
• 24 billion tons/year
of fertile soil lost
• Impacting the well-
being of at least 3.2
billion people
• Costing more than
10%of the annual
global gross
product
Degraded Lands are Humanity’s Largest Stock of Waste
Land degradation is a pervasive, systemic phenomenon, occurring in all terrestrial ecosystems
3. Degraded Lands are Humanity’s Largest Stock of Waste
Land degradation is a pervasive, systemic phenomenon, occurring in all terrestrial ecosystems
• Land Degraded
each year:
Up to 10 M ha
• Additional
Land Use Demand
for 2000-2030
285-792 M ha
• Where have we
been taking them?
• By further
encroaching on our
natural forests &
undisturbed
ecosystems
5. Economics
up to 11%
of GDP/Year
Instability &
Crises
Environ. Induced
MigrationsDeforestation
Climate Change
Loss of Resilience
Extreme Poverty
Food insecurity &
Hunger
Water stress
& Vulnerability to
Drought
Biodiversity
Loss
in SSA Land Degradation Corrodes the Pillars of Sustainability
6. “Avoiding, Reducing &
Reversing Land
Degradation is essential
for reaching the majority
of the SDGs & would
deliver co-benefits for
nearly all of them”
(Source: IBPES LDRA Report)
Relevance of Land Degradation / Restoration
to SDGs Targets
Source: IBPES Land Degradation & Restoration Assessment Report
15 06 12 13 02 01 11 07 17 09 10 08 14 04 16 05 03
SDGs
7. If food waste
were a country
it would be the
3rd largest GHG
emitter
Production & Consumption
Food Lost or Wasted by Region and Stage in Value Chain
Share of total food lost or wasted in 2009 (% of kcal lost or wasted)
42% 25% 22% 19% 15% 17% 23%
North America Industrialized Europe North Africa Latin America South & Sub-Saharan
Oceania Asia West/Central Asia SouthEast Asia Africa
Production Handling & Storage Processing Distribution & Market Consumption
8. Atlas of Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunities
Source: http://www.wri.org/applications/maps/flr-atlas/#
“At least 2
billion ha of the
world’s
deforested &
degraded forest
lands contain
opportunities for
restoration”
9. Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN – SDG target 15.3)
118 Countries committed to LDN target-setting & implementation
(as of June 2018) including most Developing Countries
Source: https://www.unccd.int/actions/ldn-target-setting-programme - Map as of June 2018
LDN: “A state whereby the
amount & quality of land
resources, necessary to
support ecosystem
functions & services &
enhance food security,
remains stable or
increases within specified
temporal and spatial scales
and ecosystems.” (UNCCD)
Will LDN be a Game Changer for the Valuation
of Degraded Landscapes?
LDN brings a new narrative &
mechanisms for integrating
landscape approaches into
national development &
investment strategies as a Priority
for SDGs implementation
10. Achieve LDN
in each land type
1. Map land status & soil
quality & potential
2. Socio-economic
assessment
3. Integrated land use
planning for LDN
4. Coordinated policy
agendas for sust.
Production & Consumpt
5. Phase out perverse
incentives & Devise
positive ones to Avoid,
Reduce & Reverse
6. Integrated Landscape
Management
AVOID Land Degradation
• Address drivers
• Prevent adverse change
in land quality
REDUCE / MITIGATE
Through Sustainable
Landscape Management
REVERSE Land Degradation where
feasible
• Restoration of Ecosystem Services
• Regeneration of Ecosystem Functions
LDN Response Hierarchy
Source: LDN Scientific Conceptual Framework, UNCCD, 2017
11. From A Linear to A Circular Economy …
Linear Economy
Natural Resources
Circular Economy
Natural Resources
Transition towards a circular economy
12. To A Bio-Circular Economy
Degraded Ecosystems
Linear Economy
Natural Resources
Circular Economy
Natural Resources
Transition towards a bio-circular economy
Natural Resources
Regenerative Circular Economy
From A Linear to A Circular Economy …
13. A Desertifying Landscape
(Southern Niger in the 1980s)
Transformed into a productive Agroforestry Parkland
through FMNR (Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration)
14. 715 Millions ha …
With potential for
Restoration
Biomass Productivity Decline
in Africa
Degraded Land: Not Waste but Underperforming Nat. Asset
In Sub-Saharan Africa
“Taking action against soil-
erosion-induced nutrient
depletion in cereal
croplands in the period
2016–30, the economies of
the 42 countries could
grow at an average rate of
5.31 % annually compared
to 2010–2012 levels”
(ELD Initiative, 2015)
15. It’s all about the landscape!
All about Community-based Circular
Economy at landscape level!
Success in bringing back our degraded
landscapes into the loop of the Circular
Economy is crucial for the fate of
humanity.
Luc GNACADJA
President
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