Sustainable Land Management for Mitigating Climate Change

E. Elements of a strategy that twins SLM and local climate action

128. General SLM options for adaptation to climate change are outlined in Figure 9. Site specific SLM options must be chosen with regard to soil type, climate, physiography, and social/economic/cultural factors following a well thought out action plan. The specific action plan needed for addressing food security and climate change may involve a series of steps as outlined in Figure 18.



(i) Identify Global Hot Spots: It is appropriate to identify global hot spots where the issues of food insecurity, degradation of soil and natural resources, and vulnerability to CC are serious concerns. These regions include SSA, SA, Central America and the Caribbean, acid soil savannas of South America including Cerrados and Llanos, the Andean regions, the Himalayan-Tibetan ecosystems, and other ecologically sensitive regions.

(ii) Prioritize Specific Issues: For the specific region (see above), it is important to identify important issues of major concern with the current and anticipated CC. These issues may include risks of soil erosion, severity of drought stress, nutrient deficiency, vulnerability to salinization, wild fires etc. Such a prioritization may be done in consultation with the farmers and other stakeholders.