Desertification in Spain: A Sound Diagnosis without Solutions and New Scenarios
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Títol: | Desertification in Spain: A Sound Diagnosis without Solutions and New Scenarios |
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Autors: | Martínez-Valderrama, Jaime | Barrio Escribano, Gabriel del | Sanjuán, Maria E. | Guirado, Emilio | Maestre, Fernando T. |
Centre, Departament o Servei: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología | Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef" |
Paraules clau: | Desertification | Diagnosis | Socioeconomic factors | Convergence of evidence | Agriculture | Groundwater |
Àrees de coneixement: | Ecología |
Data de publicació: | 10-de febrer-2022 |
Editor: | MDPI |
Citació bibliogràfica: | Martínez-Valderrama J, del Barrio G, Sanjuán ME, Guirado E, Maestre FT. Desertification in Spain: A Sound Diagnosis without Solutions and New Scenarios. Land. 2022; 11(2):272. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020272 |
Resum: | The latest world atlas of desertification represents a turning point in the diagnosis of desertification. While it forgoes desertification mapping due to the intrinsic complexity of the phenomenon and the impossibility of measuring it using a single indicator, it introduces the convergence of evidence paradigm, which identifies socioeconomic and biophysical variables whose behaviour allows pointing out those areas prone to desertification. The Spanish National Action Program Against Desertification (PAND), back in 2008, already implemented a similar approach to identify five “desertification landscapes” within Spain using both socio-economic and climatic information. The PAND was not only pioneering but also, unfortunately, accurate. Desertification in Spain has continued to worsen and the first two decades of the 21st century have consolidated an agri-food model whose dynamics have exacerbated the desertification processes identified in the PAND. Despite its scientific value, the PAND lacked a proper action plan and was completely detached from the diagnosis. As a result, the diagnosis it provided was not followed by effective actions to halt desertification in Spain. The Spanish government’s recent declaration of climate and environmental emergency requires a new strategy to combat desertification. This commitment is an excellent opportunity to update the diagnosis of the situation and, more crucially, to unify the different desertification sectoral policies and actions under a single front. We provide here elements (e.g., analysis of agri-food trends and integration of plans and policies at different geographical and sectoral levels) for a roadmap to be designed around the pressures, impacts, and drivers that define today’s Spanish desertification landscapes to effectively manage and avoid their further degradation. |
Patrocinadors: | This research was funded by the European Research Council (ERC Grant agreement 647038 [BIODESERT]) and Generalitat Valenciana (CIDEGENT/2018/041). Emilio Guirado is funded by the Consellería de Educación, Cultura y Deporte de la Generalitat Valenciana, and the European Social Fund in the call [APOSTD/2021/188]. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/121624 |
ISSN: | 2073-445X |
DOI: | 10.3390/land11020272 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipus: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Drets: | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Revisió científica: | si |
Versió de l'editor: | https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020272 |
Apareix a la col·lecció: | Personal Investigador sense Adscripció a Grup Investigacions finançades per la UE INV - DRYLAB - Artículos de Revistas |
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