Sustainable Land Management for Mitigating Land Degradation, Enhancing Agricultural Biodiversity and Reducing Poverty (SLaM)

The overall goal of the project is to contribute to sustainable ecosystem-based integrated land management in globally, nationally and locally significant land resources in agricultural areas under threat of land degradation, for greater ecosystem stability, enhanced food security and improved rural livelihoods. Immediate Objectives: 1. Ecosystem recovery demonstrated and upscaled in priority degraded lands, using best practices in sustainable land management (SLM) to enhance ecosystem stability and functions, agricultural productive capacity, food security and rural livelihoods 2. Enhanced capacity for mitigation of land degradation and for sustainable land management through greater awareness, mainstreaming, and policy reform