Dryland degradation and desertification now affect almost a billion people around the world. Tragically, the biological resources and productivity of millions o

Our rivers are in crisis and the need for river restoration has never been more urgent. Water security and biodiversity indices for all of the world’s major r

As the world population grows, so does the demand for food, putting unprecedented pressure on agricultural lands. In many desert dryland regions, however, inten

The field of ecological restoration is a rapidly growing discipline that encompasses a wide range of activities and brings together practitioners and theoretici

Nearly one-third of the land area on our planet is classified as arid or desert. Therefore, an understanding of the dynamics of such arid ecosystems is essentia