LUCINDA Land Care in Desertification- Affected Areas: from Science towards Application

Type:

International

State:

Concluded

Research Groups:

Environmental and Socio-economic Dynamics: Management for Sustainability

Lead Researcher:

Maria José Roxo

e-Geo Team:

Maria José Roxo, Bruno Neves, Cláudia Caseiro

Institutional partners:

e-GEO - Centro de Estudos de Geografia e Planeamento Regional, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Universidade Nova de Lisboa (coordinator);
CICANT - Centro Investigação, Comunicação Aplicada em Novas Tecnologias, Universidade Lusófona, Lisboa;
Foundation for Sustainable Development, Wageningen;
Agricultural University of Athens;
Universityof Basilicata;
Fundación CEAM (Mediterranean Centre for Environmental Studies), Valência.

Funding:

Sixth Framework Programme of the European Union

Duration:

2006-2008

Objectives:

To provide a concise and comprehensive information pack containing guidelines for sustainable land management in desertification-affected areas derived from the scientific results of past and ongoing EU research projects;
To make this information available to regional and local authorities who, through national participation in the UNCCD, have a specific mandate to combat desertification.

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