A decline in water availability due to rising temperatures and growing water demand presents significant and unique challenges to agricultural producers in Uzbekistan. This study investigates the impact of climate change on farm revenues and water use efficiencies in Western Uzbekistan. A...

Increases in water demand due to population growth, industrial development and urbanization necessitate economically efficient use of water resources worldwide. This is particularly true in the dryland zones of the world relying on irrigated agriculture for economic development such as in...

Decades of Soviet rule have left a heritage of environmental and social problems in Central Asia. The demise of an entire ecosystem at unprecedented pace, the 'Aral Sea Syndrome', is the most prominent of the undesired outcomes of the focus on agricultural production that has dominated land and...

Decades of Soviet rule have left a heritage of environmental and social problems in Central Asia. The demise of an entire ecosystem at unprecedented pace, the 'Aral Sea Syndrome', is the most prominent of the undesired outcomes of the focus on agricultural production that has dominated land and...

This report examines how, and under which circumstances different forms of financing are suitable for results- or transfer-based mechanisms for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation as well as enhancing removals in forests (REDD+) in the context of different countries and...

This proceedings documents the deliberations of the First UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) Scientific Conference on 'Understanding Desertification and Land Degradation Trends', held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 22 to 24 September 2009. It includes introductory and...

This proceedings documents the deliberations of the First UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) Scientific Conference on 'Understanding Desertification and Land Degradation Trends', held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 22 to 24 September 2009. It includes introductory and...