The Action Against Desertification (AAD) project supports eight countries – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Fiji,
Gambia, Haiti, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal – in the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States in the
sustainable management and restoration of degraded land. Baseline assessments have been carried
out in each of these countries to establish a reference against which to monitor changes and project
impacts, as well as to better target project activities and inform other stakeholders and restoration
initiatives in the eight countries.

The negative consequences of human actions have brought our world and our future to a dangerous crossroads: will we be able to avert the worst impacts of climate change? How can we stop and reverse the loss of fertile soil, biodiversity, and other natural capital that supplies all our food and other basic needs? Where are the jobs for millions of unemployed young people?

The current context in the Sahel-Saharan Band is clearly dominated by recurrent issues of desertification, land degradation and climate change.

Se analiza si la deforestación en la región amazónica es un caso típico de fallo del mercado. Se calcula el costo de oportunidad de actividades económicas que contribuyen a la deforestación, comparado con el costo de los usos que dejan intactos a los bosques. Respecto a los recursos ambientales en peligro, las modalidades de uso productivo de la tierra se consideran en función del valor de los beneficios netos de las actividades primarias realizadas en tierra.

La búsqueda de China de recursos naturales en América Latina / Felipe Freitas da Rocha y Ricardo Bielschowsky .-- Gobierno corporativo y deuda internacional de empresas latinoamericanas / Georgina Núñez Reyes, Ignacio Perrotini Hernández y Francisco López-Herrera .-- Efecto derrame del crecimiento de China en América del Sur: un análisis basado en el comercio internacional / Gercione Dionizio Silva, Marília Fernandes Maciel Gomes y Evandro Camargos Teixeira .-- Desigualdades territoriales, transferencias de igualación y reparto asimétrico de recursos naturales no renovables en América Latin

The article discusses whether deforestation in the Amazonian region should be considered a typical case of market failure and computes the opportunity cost of economic activities that promote deforestation relative to uses that keep the forest intact. For environmental resources threatened by Amazon deforestation, forms of productive land use (“opportunity” uses) are considered in terms of the net benefit values of primary land-based activities.

China’s quest for natural resources in Latin America / Felipe Freitas da Rocha and Ricardo Bielschowsky .-- Corporate governance and international bond issues by Latin American corporations / Georgina Núñez Reyes, Ignacio Perrotini Hernández and Francisco López-Herrera .-- The spillover effect of Chinese growth on South America: an analysis from international trade / Gercione Dionizio Silva, Marília Fernandes Maciel Gomes and Evandro Camargos Teixeira .-- Territorial inequality, equalization transfers and asymmetric sharing of non-renewable natural resources in Latin America / Giorgio Brosi

The outcome statement for GLF Bonn 2018, featuring the key insights and takeaways from the event that took place December 1-2.

In almost every country of the world, forest landscape restoration (FLR), which aims for the long-term conservation and sustainable use of forests, can help to reduce land-based emissions. In light of the fact that FLR remains heavily underutilized in practice, this brief elaborates concrete options for ambitious climate and forest protection through FLR that are not only effective and efficient, but also politically desirable and implementable.

Unprecedented is the number of international efforts by governments and private actors alike that seek to foster sustainable landscapes around the globe for the wellbeing of humans and nature. Working towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, the Bonn Challenge, the New York Declaration on Forests, the Aichi Targets of the CBD, the Paris Agreement, or regional efforts like the African Agenda 2063, the Global Landscapes Forum in Bonn 2018 aims to accelerate and mobilize collective action on the ground.

Land improvement activities contribute to soil protection, create conditions to boost soil fertility and encourage more rational use of water resources. The paper is focused on investigating, planning, performing and maintaining the constructions related to water use or protection against destructive actions. The soil – being the main natural source of the Republic of Moldova and forming the base of its food security, economic potential and people welfare – becomes increasingly the subject to severe degradation processes in recent years.

For the African continent, the ability to manage trade-offs at a landscape scale has huge potential to influence the future of migration and conflict, as well as the future of land resources, food security and biodiversity. Integrated land management can act as an accelerator for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and can be considered an essential element of a sustainable strategy to address the root causes of irregular migration.