EU Policy landscape on desertification and land degradation
The following sections provide an overview of the international and EU policy framework addressing desertification and drought.
Here, we explain why these policies matter, especially in practice, summarise recent and upcoming milestones, and link to TERRASAFE outputs that support policy debates.
You can also access our growing set of policy-related resources at the bottom of this page.
Key international & EU policies
The policy framework relevant to desertification in EU is broad, cutting across different domains of environmental, agricultural, and climate governance.
To make it easier to navigate, we have grouped these policies into six categories: International, Soils, Biodiversity, Agriculture, Climate and Water.
This categorisation reflects the multiple drivers of desertification: unsustainable land use, soil degradation, poor management of water, biodiversity loss, and climate change. It also highlights how policies in seemingly separate domains (e.g., water allocation, biodiversity protection) are interconnected and together shape the resilience of landscapes to drought and land degradation.
Recent and upcoming milestones
Policy resources
Click on the images to the right to access our growing selection of policy-related resources.
Pilot area sites: In addition to examining efforts to combat desertification on an EU-level, policy-related work is also happening in the TERRASAFE pilot areas. Here, we are examining the national and regional policies addressing the drivers and impacts of desertification in their area, and the enablers required to scale up our innovations and ensure their broader adoption. Stay tuned for more findings.
Who to contact about policy
If you would like to know more about the policy-related work being done in TERRASAFE, please reach out to the following people:
Melanie Muro (Institute for European Environmental Policy, CAP & Food team)
mmuro@ieep.eu
