With climate change impacts already felt in the world’s drylands, there is an urgent need for action, at various scales and initiated by different stakeholders, to ensure the sustainability of food production and livelihoods in these regions in the coming decades. There is also the need to rapidly establish baselines, assess and start monitoring progress on sustainability, emerging as result of the action taken. The paper will also present case studies portraying actions that led to progress in sustainability and directly related to the expected transformations. A connected policy brief Blooming Drylands will complement the paper and offer practical recommendations on how policymakers will reach the expected transformations.

Type of Case
Printed publication (book, sourcebook, journal article…)

Publisher
FAO

Region
Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific

Biome
All

Forest Type
All forest types (natural and planted)

Primary Designated Function
All