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Water Scarcity, Land Degradation and Desertification in the Mediterranean Region

Environmental and Security Aspects

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. José L. Rubio

    1. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificació n-CIDE, Valencia, Spain

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  2. Uriel Safriel

    1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

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  3. Raul Daussa

    1. OSCE Secretariat, Vienna, Austria

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  4. Winfried Blum

    1. University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

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  5. Fausto Pedrazzini

    1. NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme, Brussels, Belgium

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  • Environmental Security is an important emerging topic affecting social, economic and environmental sensible issues such as conflicts, forced migrations and exhaustion or degradation of natural resources
  • There are very few books on the topic and none specifically oriented to jointly evaluate the situation of water scarcity, desertification and security aspects in the Mediterranean

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Table of contents (12 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Key Notes Presentations

    1. Background Paper

      • Raul Daussa
      Pages 5-15

    2. Grounding Security, Securing the Ground

      • Grégoire de Kalbermatten
      Pages 19-32

    3. Status of Desertification in the Mediterranean Region

      • Uriel N. Safriel
      Pages 33-73

    4. Desertification and Water Scarcity as a Security Challenge in the Mediterranean

      • José L. Rubio
      Pages 75-92

    5. Facing Water Crises and Shortages in the Mediterranean

      • Henri-Luc Thibault
      Pages 93-100

    6. Reviewing Land Use and Security Linkages in the Mediterranean Region

      • W.E.H. Blum
      Pages 101-117

  3. Reports of theWorkings Groups

    1. Wg I — Security Implications of Unsustainable Water Management and Land Use

      • Uriel Safriel, Winfried E.H. Blum, Vicente Andreu
      Pages 121-122

    2. Wg Ii — Loss of Livelihoods and Increased Migration

      • Tamer Afifi, David Mouat, José L. Rubio, Philip Reuchlin
      Pages 123-124

    3. Wg Iii — Linkages Between Combating Land Degradation, Desertification and Conflict Prevention

      • Boubacar Cisse, Abdel Gilil, Gabriel Leonte
      Pages 125-126

    4. Wg IV — Managing Water Scarcity

      • Mohamed Badraoui, Javier Ferrer, Philip Reuchlin
      Pages 127-128

    5. Introductory Remarks to the Working Group IV: Managing Water Scarcity

      • Mohamed Badraoui
      Pages 129-130

    6. Egyptian Water and Soil: A Cause for Migration and Security Threats?

      • Tamer Afifi
      Pages 131-143

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 149-156
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About this book

Based on the suggestions made by the speakers of Plenary Session IV “Ch- lenges to the management of water resources and to countering deserti cation in the Mediterranean region” during the 15th Economic and Environmental Forum, the OCEEA proposed to organize a workshop on “Water Scarcity, Land Degra- tion and Deserti cation in the Mediterranean region – Environment and Security Aspects”. In order to build on common synergies, OSCE sought co-operation with c- leagues from NATO, in particular from the Science for Peace and Security P- gramme. NATO has a longstanding expertise on the issue and had organised in Valencia, in December 2003, a NATO scienti c workshop on “Deserti cation and Security in the Mediterranean Region”. The objective of the new proposed wo- shop would be to broaden its focus from the scienti c community to include also policy makers. 1 The workshop, aimed at government of cials from the Mediterranean Region, gathered representatives of Water management, Land degradation and Desert- cation Departments of Ministries of Environment and representatives from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs. In addition, policy makers, scientists and experts were also invited. The aim was to discuss how the OSCE, NATO and other c- petent organizations like the UNCCD, UNEP, MAP, and the EU could play a role in ensuring that environment and security linkages in terms of water scarcity, land degradation and deserti cation are addressed in the Mediterranean Region.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificació n-CIDE, Valencia, Spain

    José L. Rubio

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Uriel Safriel

  • OSCE Secretariat, Vienna, Austria

    Raul Daussa

  • University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

    Winfried Blum

  • NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme, Brussels, Belgium

    Fausto Pedrazzini

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