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Global desertification: building a science for dryland development.

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Reynolds, JF; Smith, DMS; Lambin, EF; Turner, BL; Mortimore, M; Batterbury, SPJ; Downing, TE; Dowlatabadi, H; Fernández, RJ; Herrick, JE ...
Published in: Science
May 11, 2007

In this millennium, global drylands face a myriad of problems that present tough research, management, and policy challenges. Recent advances in dryland development, however, together with the integrative approaches of global change and sustainability science, suggest that concerns about land degradation, poverty, safeguarding biodiversity, and protecting the culture of 2.5 billion people can be confronted with renewed optimism. We review recent lessons about the functioning of dryland ecosystems and the livelihood systems of their human residents and introduce a new synthetic framework, the Drylands Development Paradigm (DDP). The DDP, supported by a growing and well-documented set of tools for policy and management action, helps navigate the inherent complexity of desertification and dryland development, identifying and synthesizing those factors important to research, management, and policy communities.

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Science

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1095-9203

Publication Date

May 11, 2007

Volume

316

Issue

5826

Start / End Page

847 / 851

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Soil
  • Public Policy
  • Humans
  • General Science & Technology
  • Environment
  • Ecosystem
  • Ecology
  • Desert Climate
  • Biodiversity
  • Animals
 

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Reynolds, J. F., Smith, D. M. S., Lambin, E. F., Turner, B. L., Mortimore, M., Batterbury, S. P. J., … Walker, B. (2007). Global desertification: building a science for dryland development. Science, 316(5826), 847–851. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1131634
Reynolds, James F., D Mark Stafford Smith, Eric F. Lambin, B. L. Turner, Michael Mortimore, Simon P. J. Batterbury, Thomas E. Downing, et al. “Global desertification: building a science for dryland development.Science 316, no. 5826 (May 11, 2007): 847–51. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1131634.
Reynolds JF, Smith DMS, Lambin EF, Turner BL, Mortimore M, Batterbury SPJ, et al. Global desertification: building a science for dryland development. Science. 2007 May 11;316(5826):847–51.
Reynolds, James F., et al. “Global desertification: building a science for dryland development.Science, vol. 316, no. 5826, May 2007, pp. 847–51. Pubmed, doi:10.1126/science.1131634.
Reynolds JF, Smith DMS, Lambin EF, Turner BL, Mortimore M, Batterbury SPJ, Downing TE, Dowlatabadi H, Fernández RJ, Herrick JE, Huber-Sannwald E, Jiang H, Leemans R, Lynam T, Maestre FT, Ayarza M, Walker B. Global desertification: building a science for dryland development. Science. 2007 May 11;316(5826):847–851.
Journal cover image

Published In

Science

DOI

EISSN

1095-9203

Publication Date

May 11, 2007

Volume

316

Issue

5826

Start / End Page

847 / 851

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Soil
  • Public Policy
  • Humans
  • General Science & Technology
  • Environment
  • Ecosystem
  • Ecology
  • Desert Climate
  • Biodiversity
  • Animals