Sub-Saharan Africa - Managing Land in a Changing Climate : An Operational Perspective for Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank

dc.creator	World Bank
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:23:26Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:23:26Z
dc.date	2010-05-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:43:13Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:43:13Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000334955_20100715022949
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2874
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243231
dc.description	Livelihoods, food security, and development processes in Sub-Saharan Africa are highly dependent on land management practices to generate natural ecosystem goods and services. Out of a total population of about 717 million people, almost 60 percent depend for their livelihood on agriculture, hunting, fishing, or forestry. However, unsustainable land management already is leading to large-scale land degradation trends, which pose a threat to food security and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Climate change threatens to exacerbate and add to the existing vulnerabilities. Evidence has shown that the number of people affected by climate variability, through floods and droughts, is already increasing. Much-needed increases in agricultural production have, as a result, been unrealized. These outcomes place smallholder farmers, who depend largely on rainfed agriculture, in highly vulnerable circumstances under climate-change predictions. The objective of this work is to improve practical knowledge resources for Sub-Saharan African countries, regional institutions, and development practitioners at the World Bank and other partner institutions to help them make informed decisions about: (i) the risks posed by climate variability and change to land-resource-dependent livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa; and (ii) Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) approaches and practices that are best suited for meeting development objectives while also addressing the challenge posed by climate-change adaptation and mitigation.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subject	ADVERSE CLIMATE
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
dc.subject	ARID ZONES
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERE
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION
dc.subject	AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject	BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
dc.subject	CARBON
dc.subject	CARBON CONTENT
dc.subject	CARBON DENSITY
dc.subject	CARBON DIOXIDE
dc.subject	CARBON FINANCE
dc.subject	CARBON PRICE
dc.subject	CARBON SEQUESTRATION
dc.subject	CARBON STOCK
dc.subject	CARBON STOCK CHANGES
dc.subject	CARBON STOCKS
dc.subject	CARBON STORAGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGES
dc.subject	CLIMATE CONDITIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE DATA
dc.subject	CLIMATE EVENTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE HAZARD
dc.subject	CLIMATE IMPACT
dc.subject	CLIMATE INFORMATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE MITIGATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE MODELS
dc.subject	CLIMATE NEXUS
dc.subject	CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE RESEARCH
dc.subject	CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT
dc.subject	CLIMATE RESILIENCE
dc.subject	CLIMATE RISK
dc.subject	CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	CLIMATE RISKS
dc.subject	CLIMATE SIMULATIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE STATISTICS
dc.subject	CLIMATE TRENDS
dc.subject	CLIMATE VARIATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE VARIATIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	CLIMATE- CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE-CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE-CHANGE CONTEXT
dc.subject	CLIMATE-CHANGE MITIGATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE-RELATED HAZARDS
dc.subject	CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS
dc.subject	CLIMATES
dc.subject	CLIMATIC CHANGES
dc.subject	CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATIC DATA
dc.subject	CO
dc.subject	CO2
dc.subject	COLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subject	CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CONVERGENCE
dc.subject	COPE WITH CLIMATE VARIABILITY
dc.subject	COST-BENEFIT
dc.subject	COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subject	CROP RESIDUES
dc.subject	CRU
dc.subject	DAMAGES
dc.subject	DECISION MAKING
dc.subject	DESERTIFICATION
dc.subject	DOUBLE DIVIDEND
dc.subject	DRINKING WATER
dc.subject	DRYLANDS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RESOURCES
dc.subject	ECOSYSTEM
dc.subject	EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	EMISSION
dc.subject	EMISSIONS
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
dc.subject	EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS
dc.subject	EXTREME WEATHER
dc.subject	EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
dc.subject	FERTILIZERS
dc.subject	FISHERIES
dc.subject	FISHING
dc.subject	FLOODS
dc.subject	FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	FORESTRY
dc.subject	FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	FUELS
dc.subject	FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS
dc.subject	FUTURE CLIMATE VARIABILITY
dc.subject	GCM
dc.subject	GHG
dc.subject	GHGS
dc.subject	GLOBAL CLIMATE
dc.subject	GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GASSES
dc.subject	GROUND CARBON
dc.subject	IMPACT OF CLIMATE
dc.subject	IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY
dc.subject	IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	IMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY
dc.subject	INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE
dc.subject	IPCC
dc.subject	IRRIGATION
dc.subject	ITCZ
dc.subject	LAND DEGRADATION
dc.subject	LAND MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	LAND RESOURCES
dc.subject	LAND TENURE
dc.subject	LAND USE
dc.subject	LAND-USE CHANGE
dc.subject	LANDS
dc.subject	MEAN RAINFALL
dc.subject	MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NEGATIVE IMPACTS
dc.subject	NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	NITROGEN
dc.subject	OPPORTUNITY COSTS
dc.subject	ORGANIC MATTER
dc.subject	PARTNERSHIP
dc.subject	PASTURE
dc.subject	PASTURES
dc.subject	POLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	RAINFALL
dc.subject	RAINFALL CONDITIONS
dc.subject	RAINFALL DATA
dc.subject	RAINFALL TREND
dc.subject	RAINFALL VARIATION
dc.subject	RANGELAND
dc.subject	RANGELANDS
dc.subject	RATE OF CLIMATE VARIATION
dc.subject	RATE OF DEFORESTATION
dc.subject	REGIONAL CLIMATE
dc.subject	REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	RIVERS
dc.subject	RURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	RURAL LIVELIHOODS
dc.subject	SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject	SEASON
dc.subject	SOIL
dc.subject	SOIL CARBON
dc.subject	SOIL DEGRADATION
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE USE
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE CHANGES
dc.subject	TERRESTRIAL CARBON
dc.subject	TERRESTRIAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION
dc.subject	TROPICS
dc.subject	UNCERTAINTIES
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY
dc.subject	WATER RESOURCES
dc.subject	WEATHER PATTERNS
dc.subject	WIND
dc.subject	WIND EROSION
dc.title	Sub-Saharan Africa - Managing Land in a Changing Climate : An Operational Perspective for Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.type	Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study
dc.coverage	Africa
dc.coverage	Sub-Saharan Africa