Under land management, adaptation options included afforestation, reforestation of marginal lands and protection of arable land.

The settlement of land disputes continues, and the Government has adopted a national land policy and a new land code adapted to the current situation.

The goal is to help derive recommendations for integrating adaptation into land-use management policies.

Many therefore supported the integration of climate change adaptation into land, watershed and coastal zone management.

While the development of biofuels may alleviate poverty among rural farmers, thus far they have not seen any benefits since, at the present time, they lack the wherewithal to extend their lands and adapt to new crops.

The long-term adaptation of land use systems has to be ensured to guarantee the resilience of livelihood systems.

Each environmental and socio-economic context requires adapted land use practices as pressures exceeding the carrying capacity of land resources diminish important ecosystem functions.

Funds are needed to invest in new low-carbon energysources, reforestation and protection of rain forests, land-usechanges, and adaptation and mitigation.

It often fails to separate human and natural causes and may underestimate the capabilities of local resource users (and customary land tenure systems) to adapt.

The secretariat is placing DLDD at centre stage as a process that creates beneficial synergies to address both climate change (mitigation and adaptation) and land degradation.