Transforming dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems

This e-learning course seeks to build the competencies needed to apply a transformational approach to sustainability in dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems. Primarily, this course targets:

• Program and project managers
• Field practitioners
• Teachers and researchers
• Policymakers
• Government agencies
• Land-use planners
• Private sector stakeholders

• Drylands and dryland food production systems.
• Challenges to drylands and agrosilvopastoral systems.
• The transformational approach to sustainability in drylands and agrosilvopastoral systems.
• The economic sustainability pillar of the approach and its three expected transformations.
• The social sustainability pillar of the approach and its three expected transformations.
• The environmental sustainability pillar of the approach and its three expected transformations.

The course consists of 5 lessons, of approximately 35-50 minutes duration each:

• Lesson 1 – Overview of drylands and the transformational approach to sustainability
• Lesson 2 – The economic sustainability pillar and its expected transformations
• Lesson 3 – The social sustainability pillar and its expected transformations
• Lesson 4 – The environmental sustainability pillar and its expected transformations
• Lesson 5 – Applying the transformational approach to sustainability

The online version of this course runs on the latest versions of the major browsers, such as Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox.

The downloadable version only runs on Windows PC’s and no additional software is needed.