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Innovations for Tackling Desertification webinar
In this webinar, you’ll learn about various social, technological and nature-based innovations and their role in boosting the resilience of drylands and drought-affected regions against desertification.
Date 17 June 2025 | Time 10.00-1200 CET | Registration: FREE
The TERRASAFE and MONALISA projects are pleased to hold the webinar to mark the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
As climate change escalates, we need new solutions to tackle the growing threat of desertification more urgently than ever. Given the huge variation in the nature, causes and contexts of desertification, however, no one-size-fits-all solution exists. A range of measures is needed to address the problem
The webinar is your opportunity to discover and appraise a range of measures for tackling this escalating issue.
Programme
10:00-10:05 – Introduction | Charlotte Chivers, University of Gloucestershire
10:05-10:20 – Atmospheric water collection and reforestation action in mountainous isolated areas affected by desertification and soil degradation | Gustavo Viera Ruiz, GESPLAN
10:20-10:40 – TERRASAFE project overview | Jacob Keizer, University of Aveiro
10:25-10:30 – Collaborating with local communities: the TERRASAFE approach | Thomas Timberlake, University of York
10:30-10:40 – TERRASAFE’s innovations for empowering communities in Europe & north Africa to combat desertification | Jannes Stolte, NIBIO
10:40-10:50 – Droning on: restoration from the sky | Benz Kotzen, University of Greenwich
10:50-11:00 – Q&A
11:00-11:10 – Break
11:10-11:15 – MONALISA project overview | Giovanna Seddaiu, University of Sassari
11:15-11:25 – MONALISA innovations and solutions applied in Case Studies | Cristina Domingo Marimón, CREAF
11:25-11:30 – MONALISA & TERRASAFE communities of knowledge and practce overview | Francesca Assennato, ISPRA
11:30-11:45 – Advancements in soil and land health monitoring | Leigh Winowiecki, CIFOR-ICRAF
11:45-11:55 – Q&A
11:55-12:00 – Closing remarks | Charlotte Chivers
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