Contents

Contributors

Series Foreword

Introduction

Part I: Land and Water Degradation: Emerging Issues

1 Learning from Bright Spots to Enhance Food Security and to Combat Degradation of Water and Land Resources

2 Land Degradation and Water Productivity in Agricultural Landscapes

3 Land Degradation, Ecosystem Services and Resilience of Smallholder Farmers in Makanya Catchment, Tanzania

4 The Political Ecologies of Bright Spots

5 Large-scale Fluxes of Crop Nutrients in Food Cause Environmental Problems at Sources and at Sinks

6 Carbon Sequestration, Land Degradation and Water

Part II: Towards Better Land and Water Management

7 Local Innovation in ‘Green Water’ Management

8 Sustainability and Resilience of the Urban Agricultural Phenomenon in Africa

9 Safeguarding Water Resources by Making the Land Greener: Knowledge Management through WOCAT

10 Bright Basins – Do Many Bright Spots Make a Basin Shine?

11 The Influence of Plant Cover Structures on Water Fluxes in Agricultural Landscapes

12 Investments in Collective Capacity and Social Capital

Part III: Bright Spots

13 Bright Spots: Pathways to Ensuring Food Security and Environmental Integrity

14 Ecosystem Benefits of ‘Bright’ Spots

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