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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
S. Lucatello et al. (eds.), Stewardship of Future Drylands and Climate
Change in the Global South, Springer Climate,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22464-6_1
Chapter 1
Introduction: International Network
for the Sustainability of Drylands—
Transdisciplinary and Participatory
Research for Dryland Stewardship
and Sustainable Development
E. Huber-Sannwald, N. Martínez-Tagüeña, I. Espejel, S. Lucatello,
D. L. Coppock, and V. M. Reyes Gómez
Abstract Drylands are the largest biome complex on Planet Earth and home to
over 40% of the human population. Their extraordinary high biotic and cultural
richness is endangered by global climate change, land use pressures including
coastal/marine systems, and environmental degradation. Understanding and maintaining the functional integrity of dryland socio-ecological systems (DSES) is fundamental for sustainable development. It requires resilience-based dryland
stewardship, where land users, managers and decision-makers incorporate change,
as understood from the multiple actors’ perspective of a SES, into their planning
and governance. The linkage of America’s drylands with west Africa and Southern
Europe is often overseen, however increasing economic activities in these DSES
have enormous impacts on their functional integrity. In response to this daunting
E. Huber-Sannwald (*)
División de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigación
Científica y Tecnológica, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
e-mail: ehs@ipicyt.edu.mx
N. Martínez-Tagüeña
Cátedra CONACYT, Consortium for Research, Innovation and Development of Drylands,
Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica,
San Luis Potosí, Mexico
I. Espejel
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California UABC,
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
S. Lucatello
Estudios Ambientales y Territoriales, Instituto Mora, Mexico City, Mexico
D. L. Coppock
Department of Environment and Society, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
V. M. Reyes Gómez
Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Chihuahua, México
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
S. Lucatello et al. (eds.), Stewardship of Future Drylands and Climate
Change in the Global South, Springer Climate,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22464-6_1
Chapter 1
Introduction: International Network
for the Sustainability of Drylands—
Transdisciplinary and Participatory
Research for Dryland Stewardship
and Sustainable Development
E. Huber-Sannwald, N. Martínez-Tagüeña, I. Espejel, S. Lucatello,
D. L. Coppock, and V. M. Reyes Gómez
Abstract Drylands are the largest biome complex on Planet Earth and home to
over 40% of the human population. Their extraordinary high biotic and cultural
richness is endangered by global climate change, land use pressures including
coastal/marine systems, and environmental degradation. Understanding and maintaining the functional integrity of dryland socio-ecological systems (DSES) is fundamental for sustainable development. It requires resilience-based dryland
stewardship, where land users, managers and decision-makers incorporate change,
as understood from the multiple actors’ perspective of a SES, into their planning
and governance. The linkage of America’s drylands with west Africa and Southern
Europe is often overseen, however increasing economic activities in these DSES
have enormous impacts on their functional integrity. In response to this daunting
E. Huber-Sannwald (*)
División de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigación
Científica y Tecnológica, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
e-mail: ehs@ipicyt.edu.mx
N. Martínez-Tagüeña
Cátedra CONACYT, Consortium for Research, Innovation and Development of Drylands,
Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica,
San Luis Potosí, Mexico
I. Espejel
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California UABC,
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
S. Lucatello
Estudios Ambientales y Territoriales, Instituto Mora, Mexico City, Mexico
D. L. Coppock
Department of Environment and Society, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
V. M. Reyes Gómez
Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Chihuahua, México