1. Training of Trainers Workshop Reference Centres and Regional Partners in the Performance Review and Assessment of Implementation of the Strategy (PRAIS) Project 31 May – 4 June 2010, FAO Rome

2. Training of Trainers Workshop 31 May – 4 June 2010, FAO Rome Day 3 - Session 4 – Practical session on the use of the reporting template for best practices Next is a practical example on the use of the PRAIS portal for online reporting on best practices. Note that if the reporting country has no best practices on the theme ‘SLM technologies, including adaptation’ they can omit reporting in 2010. Otherwise, before start reporting…..  Did you consult the glossary to get the definition of sustainable land management (SLM) technology?

3. Training of Trainers Workshop 31 May – 4 June 2010, FAO Rome Day 3 - Session 4 – Practical session on the use of the reporting template for best practices Definition (from UNCCD glossary): An intervention at the field level (on cropland, grazing land, forest land, or other land) which maintains or enhances the productive capacity of the land in areas affected by or prone to degradation (including prevention or reduction of soil erosion, compaction and salinity; conservation or drainage of soil water; maintenance or improvement of soil fertility, etc.)……. Relevant technologies include: …… agronomic measures (e.g. intercropping, contour cultivation, mulching), vegetative measures (e.g. tree planting, hedge barriers, grass strips), structural measures (e.g. graded banks or bunds, level bench terrace), management measures (e.g. land use change, area closure, rotational grazing).

4. Training of Trainers Workshop 31 May – 4 June 2010, FAO Rome Day 3 - Session 4 – Practical session on the use of the reporting template for best practices Acknowledgement The description of the technicalities of the best practice related to the rehabilitation/establishment of green belts has been extracted from Best Practice Guidelines for the Establishment of a Coastal Greenbelt. March 2007. The World Conservation Union (IUCN). Sri Lanka Country Office. The other information has been collated from different sources, modified or invented for training purposes.

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