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Restoration of degraded agricultural lands

An urgent need for agrifood system transformation and land degradation neutrality










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    Land degradation is one of the most urgent environmental problems affecting Mexico in the 21st century and the Americas region. It is exacerbated in the context of climate change. Mexican rural sectors, especially women and Indigenous Peoples, have played a fundamental role in soil management and mitigating adverse climatic conditions through ancestral agricultural practices and care. However, there is still a gap in guaranteeing their access to land and their legal security over land and natural resources.  Since the development of a joint guide that integrates FAO's Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) with the objectives against desertification, degradation and drought, national consultations have been developed in different parts of the world to identify opportunities to deepen this linkage and the analysis on how they are related. Thus, the Joint Initiative between the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Mexico aims to integrate land tenure security for women in Mexico into land degradation neutrality (LDN) objectives. The initiative places rural women affected by desertification, land degradation and drought at the centre, promoting the strengthening of their management capacities and knowledge sharing. It aims to improve land governance by ensuring historically marginalized groups actively participate in land tenure decisions that directly and indirectly affect NDT objectives. This document synthesizes the multi-stakeholder National Dialogue (consultation) developed in Mexico in 2024, which included various participatory methodologies and an event held in Mexico City in September. It gathers the context, primary reflections, and proposals for action to address the relationship between tenure, degradation, and desertification issues.
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    The report is part of a series of background papers prepared within the context of the development of the the Near East and North Africa Region of the State of Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture (SOLAW) in the Near East and North Africa Region. The paper reflects on the status of soil degradation and fertility loss, the drivers that put pressure on soils and land in the region, the responses to address the pressing issues leveraging existing technical knowledge, as well as tools for assessment and monitoring.
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    Terminal evaluation of the project "Integrated Natural Resources Management in Degraded Landscapes in the Forest-Steppe Zone of Ukraine"
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    The project’s objective was to promote the restoration of degraded landscapes in the forest-steppe and steppe zones of Ukraine by scaling up integrated natural resources management practices. The project was particularly relevant in terms of environmental degradation and climate change, as it took important first steps towards a land degradation neutrality monitoring system and integrated land use management plans in Ukraine, thus contributing to the enhanced integration of environmental policy into governance systems.Despite challenges caused by the ongoing war, the project’s activities and incentives stand out as good practices to replicate. The project significantly implemented successful capacity building, which led to increased information sharing and the development of draft laws on environmental protection. Numerous demonstration and capacity building activities on good conservation agricultural practices and enhanced technologies like no till drill, subsurface drip irrigation, crop rotation and sustainable shelterbelt management generated greater awareness. In addition, promising income generation activities for women were implemented successfully.

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