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In this concluding chapter we seek to draw wisdom from the knowledge found in the 15 chapters that make up the contents of this book. We are particularly aware of the vital role that sociology plays in the decisions taken on daily basis about how to manage the land. It is clear too that the present dominant “desertification paradigm” needs to be subjected to more rigorous examination. The pace of change and the already degraded state of much of the world’s aridlands leave little room for optimism about the land and its peoples over the next 20–50 years. We identify research priorities and conclude with a fervent hope that the various initiatives such as the land degradation neutral world can achieve its targets.
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Taken from the foreword of the book “Land Restoration: Landscapes Reclaiming
for a Sustainable Future. Edited by Ilan Chabay,Martin Frick and Jennifer Helgeson, Elsevier, 2016
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Squires, V.R., Gaur, M.K. (2018). Unifying Concepts, Synthesis, and Conclusions. In: Gaur, M., Squires, V. (eds) Climate Variability Impacts on Land Use and Livelihoods in Drylands. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56681-8_16
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