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Sustainable Land Management and Land Restoration

Further your career in resilient landscapes managent

This course focuses on Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices, and their place within the global development agenda, specifically in order to achieve target 15.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aims “to achieve a land degradation-neutral world”. The course assists policy makers, practitioners and land users in the selection, planning, implementation and monitoring of SLM interventions, and related enabling environment.

What you'll learn

Basic definitions and principles of land management, degradation and restoration
The participatory SLM land use planning approach
SLM tools and methods (WOCAT global network, the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) initiative and their 6+1 approach)
The use of financial and non-financial incentives for an enabling environment, to overcome barriers and encourage SLM adoption and uptake
SLM in the context of the global policy agenda, specifically SDG goal 15
The concept of Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN)

Prequisite

Estimated Time

2 hours

Course Information

Location

Online

Institution

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Theme

Restoration

Level

Beginner

Price

Free

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