V. Santhakumar is a former Professor, Azim Premji University, India. He advocates a close connect between academics and practice and has authored a number of books for this purpose. He has been a consultant to a number of international organisations like Asian Development Bank. UNEP, UNCCD, etc.Ritika Jain is an economics researcher and an associate professor  at the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum. She received her PhD from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. She uses econometrics to analyse a variety of development issues including land degradation. She currently works on a major project for analysing the socioeconomic enablers of land restoration in 10 countries.Muralee Thummarukudy is the Director of the G20 Global Land Initiative of the UNCCD. Prior to this assignment, he was with the UNEP. He has many years of international experience in dealing with environmental challenges, mainly due to natural disasters and conflicts.

• 1 Land Restoration: What Is It? Why Is It important?.- 2 Land Restoration: Global Efforts but Persisting Challenges.- 3 Socio-economic Determinants of Land Degradation Across Countries.- 4 Enabling and Disabling Socioeconomic Factors of Land Restoration: Cases of  India and South Africa.- 5 Enabling and Disabling Socioeconomic Factors of Land Restoration: Cases of Brazil, Australia and China.- 6 A Systems Approach to Understand the Interplay of Enabling/Disabling Factors for Land Restoration.- 7 Need to Combine Science with Socioeconomic Priorities in Land Restoration.- 8 Financing Land Restoration: Possibilities and Challenges.- 9 Need to Reckon the Cost of Land Restoration.- 10 Distributional Issues in Land Restoration.- 11 Role of Individuals and Behavioural Change for Land Restoration.- 12 Role of Communities in Land Restoration.- 13 Role of Non-governmental Organisations.- 14 Role of Private Sector in Land Restoration.- 15 Role of Governments.- 16 Role of Different Stakeholders: The Case of Peatlands in Indonesia.- 17 Need Education Programs for Land Restoration.- 18 Conclusion: Connecting Dots on Land Restoration.

V. Santhakumar is a former Professor, Azim Premji University, India. He advocates a close connect between academics and practice and has authored a number of books for this purpose. He has been a consultant to a number of international organisations like Asian Development Bank. UNEP, UNCCD, etc.Ritika Jain is an economics researcher and an associate professor  at the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum. She received her PhD from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. She uses econometrics to analyse a variety of development issues including land degradation. She currently works on a major project for analysing the socioeconomic enablers of land restoration in 10 countries.Muralee Thummarukudy is the Director of the G20 Global Land Initiative of the UNCCD. Prior to this assignment, he was with the UNEP. He has many years of international experience in dealing with environmental challenges, mainly due to natural disasters and conflicts.

• 1 Land Restoration: What Is It? Why Is It important?.- 2 Land Restoration: Global Efforts but Persisting Challenges.- 3 Socio-economic Determinants of Land Degradation Across Countries.- 4 Enabling and Disabling Socioeconomic Factors of Land Restoration: Cases of  India and South Africa.- 5 Enabling and Disabling Socioeconomic Factors of Land Restoration: Cases of Brazil, Australia and China.- 6 A Systems Approach to Understand the Interplay of Enabling/Disabling Factors for Land Restoration.- 7 Need to Combine Science with Socioeconomic Priorities in Land Restoration.- 8 Financing Land Restoration: Possibilities and Challenges.- 9 Need to Reckon the Cost of Land Restoration.- 10 Distributional Issues in Land Restoration.- 11 Role of Individuals and Behavioural Change for Land Restoration.- 12 Role of Communities in Land Restoration.- 13 Role of Non-governmental Organisations.- 14 Role of Private Sector in Land Restoration.- 15 Role of Governments.- 16 Role of Different Stakeholders: The Case of Peatlands in Indonesia.- 17 Need Education Programs for Land Restoration.- 18 Conclusion: Connecting Dots on Land Restoration.

V. Santhakumar is a former Professor, Azim Premji University, India. He advocates a close connect between academics and practice and has authored a number of books for this purpose. He has been a consultant to a number of international organisations like Asian Development Bank. UNEP, UNCCD, etc.Ritika Jain is an economics researcher and an associate professor  at the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum. She received her PhD from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. She uses econometrics to analyse a variety of development issues including land degradation. She currently works on a major project for analysing the socioeconomic enablers of land restoration in 10 countries.Muralee Thummarukudy is the Director of the G20 Global Land Initiative of the UNCCD. Prior to this assignment, he was with the UNEP. He has many years of international experience in dealing with environmental challenges, mainly due to natural disasters and conflicts.

• 1 Land Restoration: What Is It? Why Is It important?.- 2 Land Restoration: Global Efforts but Persisting Challenges.- 3 Socio-economic Determinants of Land Degradation Across Countries.- 4 Enabling and Disabling Socioeconomic Factors of Land Restoration: Cases of  India and South Africa.- 5 Enabling and Disabling Socioeconomic Factors of Land Restoration: Cases of Brazil, Australia and China.- 6 A Systems Approach to Understand the Interplay of Enabling/Disabling Factors for Land Restoration.- 7 Need to Combine Science with Socioeconomic Priorities in Land Restoration.- 8 Financing Land Restoration: Possibilities and Challenges.- 9 Need to Reckon the Cost of Land Restoration.- 10 Distributional Issues in Land Restoration.- 11 Role of Individuals and Behavioural Change for Land Restoration.- 12 Role of Communities in Land Restoration.- 13 Role of Non-governmental Organisations.- 14 Role of Private Sector in Land Restoration.- 15 Role of Governments.- 16 Role of Different Stakeholders: The Case of Peatlands in Indonesia.- 17 Need Education Programs for Land Restoration.- 18 Conclusion: Connecting Dots on Land Restoration.