New approaches to sustainable agriculture are having a major impact on global land and water degradation, according to a senior IWMI fellow Dr Andrew Noble, but the world still faces an unprecedented challenge to its natural systems through the neglect of soil and water systems.

World water experts praise Australia's handling of Murray-Darling Basin
Listen to the radion interview on ABC Rural
"The Tide Is Turning" On Land And Water Degradation Press Release [PDF 46Kb]
The slumbering giant: Land and water degradation Crawford Fund Proceedings [PDF 217Kb]

Dr Noble delivered an address on this issue to the Crawford Fund Parliamentary Conference The scramble for natural resources: More Food, Less Land? at Parliament House, Canberra, Australia on 9 October.

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