This publication of fact sheets is one of the final outputs of COST Action ES1104. The fact sheets have been written by participants of the Action in order to contribute useful information in a number of topic areas, which form the expertise of the individual writers. The fact sheets share the broad topic area of restoration, but they are wide ranging as well, dealing with sites within Europe and Africa. They focus on soils, Sustainable Land Management, revegetation and many other areas. An additional final contribution of the Action is the drafting of a white paper. This white paper sets out 5 key recommendations to policy makers and those involved in combatting desertification and in drylands restoration. As a key contribution to the Action, the white paper is located immediately after this introduction.
COST Action ES1104 has produced a collection of fact sheets composed by Action members and associates. This publication includes the ‘COST Action ES1104 White Paper on the Restoration of Drylands’ The 54 fact sheets have been written by Action participants to contribute useful information in a number of topic areas. The fact sheets share the broad topic area of restoration, but are wide ranging, dealing with sites within Europe and Africa. They focus on soils, Sustainable Land Management, revegetation and many other areas. The White Paper sets out 5 key recommendations to policy makers and those involved in combatting desertification and in drylands restoration.
Digital copies are available at this link
Printed copies are also available at no cost to interested parties by post. Please contact Benz Kotzen –b.kotzen@gre.ac.uk
You can find out more about the members of COST Action ES1104 on the Desert Restoration Hub website: www.desertrestorationhub.com or the COST Action website: www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/essem/ES1104
Cost Action ES1104 was chaired by Dr. Benz Kotzen and managed by Dr. Sarah Milliken at the Department of Architecture and Landscape at the University of Greenwich. gre.ac.uk
Citation : Kotzen, Benzion (2017) COST Action ES1104 arid lands restoration and combat of desertification: Setting up a drylands and desert restoration hub arid lands restoration scientific fact sheets: State of the art knowledge in science, successes and case studies in restoration. University of Greenwich and COST. ISBN 978-0-900822-01-8
