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*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*

*for sustainable production intensification*


Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow the link to the book: *Economics of Land Degradation
and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development by *
Nkonya, E., Mirzabeaev, A. and von Braun, J. Eds. 2016. Springer Intl. Pub.
- Open. 695p

Thank you Tom for bringing this book to CA-CoP's notice.

*Amir Kassam *

*Moderator*

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From: Tom Goddard <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 9:02 PM
Subject: Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement - new book
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>


Dear Amir:



Here is a book that CA CoP colleagues may find useful.



Nkonya, E., Mirzabeaev, A. and vonBraun, J. Eds. 2016. *Economics of Land
Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable
Development*.  Springer Intl. Pub. -Open. 695p. ISBN: 978-3-319-19167-6
(Print) 978-3-319-19168-3 (Online)
http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-19168-3/page/1



This book covers the economic aspects of land degradation and improvement
globally and for a few specific countries – all within 21 chapters.  The
first 8 chapters are intended to be global in scope while the remaining
chapters are focused on countries.  Useful frameworks are presented by
which to articulate the complexity of land degradation drivers of different
scales and origins as well as linear models to calculate various costs of
degradation and actions (inactions).  Remote sensing appears to be the
favourite measurement tool for global assessments (MODIS land cover and
NDVI) where land cover changes is interpreted as degradation or
improvment.  Bhutan was one of the few areas where a biophysical risk model
(SWAT) was used with an economic model.  The costs of degradation are
staggering – eg. annual costs of degradation in India is five times the
value of Gross Region Products.  This is an Open Access book from Springer
(yay!) that can be downloaded either as PDF or ePub. The Fronts Piece,
individual chapters or the whole book can be downloaded.  References and
the Index are hyperlinked.  (Thanks to BMZ and others for financing to make
Open Access possible)



Best regards,
Tom



Tom Goddard
Senior Policy Advisor
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
#206, 7000 - 113 St., Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada  T6H 5T6
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