ISO/TR 14055-2:2022
(Main)Environmental management — Guidelines for establishing good practices for combatting land degradation and desertification — Part 2: Regional case studies
Environmental management — Guidelines for establishing good practices for combatting land degradation and desertification — Part 2: Regional case studies
This document provides regional case studies of good practices in land management to prevent or minimize land degradation and desertification in support of ISO 14055-1:2017. The case studies are presented to facilitate the application of ISO 14055-1 across a wide of range of geographical and local conditions. NOTE The cases studies are presented as different ways of applying good practice and do not preclude alternative ways of applying good practices in accordance with ISO 14055-1.
Management environnemental — Lignes directrices pour l'établissement de bonnes pratiques pour combattre la dégradation et la désertification des terres — Partie 2: Études de cas régionales
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TECHNICAL ISO/TR
REPORT 14055-2
First edition
2022-03
Environmental management —
Guidelines for establishing good
practices for combatting land
degradation and desertification —
Part 2:
Regional case studies
Management environnemental — Lignes directrices pour
l'établissement de bonnes pratiques pour combattre la dégradation et
la désertification des terres —
Partie 2: Études de cas régionales
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ISO/TR 14055-2:2022(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword . vi
Introduction .vii
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Abbreviated terms . 1
5 Presentation of case study examples .3
6 Case study A — Community education and sustainable livelihoods for land
degradation management in the sub-montane La Rioja province, Argentina .6
6.1 General . 6
6.2 Context . 7
6.2.1 Location . 7
6.2.2 Physical features . 7
6.2.3 Socio-economic features . 8
6.2.4 Interested parties . 9
6.3 Land degradation problems faced . . 9
6.3.1 Types of land degradation observed. 9
6.3.2 Drivers of land degradation . 11
6.3.3 Risk of future land degradation — Resilience . 11
6.4 Objectives .12
6.5 Interventions .12
6.6 Results . . 16
6.7 Lessons learnt and benefits . 16
6.8 Conclusion . 17
7 Case study B — Use of GIS and RS to support spatial planning for drought resistance
in continental marginal lands in India .17
7.1 General . 17
7.2 Context . 18
7.2.1 Location . 18
7.2.2 Physical features . 18
7.2.3 Socio-economic features . 19
7.2.4 Interested parties . 19
7.3 Land degradation problems faced . . 19
7.4 Objectives . 20
7.5 Interventions . 20
7.6 Results . . 22
7.7 Lessons learnt and benefits . 22
7.8 Conclusion . 23
8 Case study C — Sand dune stabilization in continental desert region of western
Rajasthan, India .23
8.1 General .23
8.2 Context . 23
8.2.1 Location . 23
8.2.2 Physical features . 24
8.2.3 Socio-economic features . 25
8.2.4 Interested parties . 25
8.3 Land degradation problems faced . . 26
8.4 Objectives . 26
8.5 Interventions . 26
8.6 Results . . 26
8.7 Lessons learnt and benefits . 27
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8.8 Conclusion .28
9 Case study D — Water supply for irrigation and household use in cold deserts,
northwest Himalayas, India .28
9.1 General .28
9.2 Context . 29
9.2.1 Location . 29
9.2.2 Physical features .29
9.2.3 Socio-economic features .30
9.2.4 Interested parties . 31
9.3 Land degradation problems faced . . 31
9.4 Objectives . 31
9.5 Interventions . 31
9.6 Results . . 32
9.6.1 Augmentation of water supply to water spring . 32
9.6.2 Creation of snow reservoir . 32
9.6.3 Creation of artificial snow glacier or ice stupa . 32
9.6.4 Snow fences . 33
9.6.5 Use of solar energy for pumping water from aquifers .33
9.7 Lessons learnt and benefits . 33
9.8 Conclusion . 33
10 Case study E — Food security and value chain analysis for critical coexistence
landscapes: The case of Pandamatenga Farms, Botswana .34
10.1 General .34
10.2 Context . 35
10.2.1 Location . 35
10.2.2 Physical features . 35
10.2.3 Socio-economic features . 36
10.2.4 Interested parties .36
10.3 Land degradation problems faced . .38
10.3.1 Types of land degradation observed.38
10.3.2 Drivers of land degradation . 39
10.3.3 Risk of future land degradation — Resilience .39
10.4 Objectives .40
10.5 Interventions .40
10.5.1 Approaches .40
10.5.2 Challenges and constraints . 41
10.5.3 Agricultural value chain finance analysis . 42
10.5.4 Infrastructure and technologies . 43
10.5.5 Market-based interventions .44
10.5.6 Climate smart agriculture .44
10.5.7 Resources for addressing the problem . 45
10.5.8 Project monitoring and review . 45
10.6 Results . .46
10.7 Lessons learnt and benefits . 47
10.8 Conclusion .50
11 Case study F — Restoration after woody clearing to improve livelihoods in the
D’Nyala Nature Reserve and Shongoane village, Limpopo Province, South Africa .51
11.1 General . 51
11.2 Context . 51
11.2.1 Location . 51
11.2.2 Physical features . 52
11.2.3 Socio-economic features . 53
11.2.4 Interested parties .54
11.3 Land degradation problems faced . .54
11.3.1 Types of land degradation observed.54
11.3.2 Drivers of land degradation .54
11.3.3 Risk of future land degradation — Resilience .54
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11.4 Objectives .54
11.5 Interventions .54
11.6 Results . . 55
11.7 Lessons learnt and benefits . 57
11.8 Conclusion . 57
12 Case study G — Regional cooperation to combat desertification and drought: The
ECONORMAS programme in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay .57
12.1 General . 57
12.2 Context .58
12.2.1 Location .58
12.2.2 Physical features . 59
12.2.3 Socio-economic features .60
12.2.4 Interested parties . 61
12.3 Land degradation problems faced . . 61
12.3.1 Evaluation approach . 61
12.3.2 Valles Calchaquíes, Argentina .63
12.3.3 Irauçuba, Brazil .63
12.3.4 Chaco, Paraguay .63
12.3.5 Tala, Uruguay .64
12.4 Objectives .64
12.5 Interventions .64
12.6 Results . .65
12.6.1 Successful experiences .65
12.6.2 Examples of good practices .66
12.7 Lessons learnt and benefits . 69
12.8 Conclusion . 69
Bibliography .70
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Foreword
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Introduction
Land degradation and desertification are fundamental and persistent problems that have long been
recognized. They are caused by climate variability (e.g. drought and floods), other natural factors and
unsustainable human activities, such as over-cultivation, overgrazing, deforestation, over-extraction
of water, impacts of construction activities and unsustainable irrigation practices. These activities can
lead to loss of vegetation and biodiversity, declining water supply and poor water quality, soil erosion
and the loss of soil fertility and structure. The consequences in the medium to long term are loss of
agricultural and economic productivity, loss of soil quality and function and loss of ecosystem services,
including biodiversity loss and adverse social impacts.
The IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land, Summary for Policymakers, noted that “human
use directly affects more than 70 % of the global, ice-free land surface” and that “about a quarter of the
[3] [4]
Earth’s ice-free land area is subject to human-induced degradation” . Le et al. estimated that at least
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3,2 billion people were affe
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