<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>13</ref-type><contributors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">asb@cgiar.org</style></author></secondary-authors><translated-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Iniciativa Amazônica</style></author></translated-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Combining Strengths in the Amazon Initiative: A New Consortium for Combating Poverty through Sustainable Development.</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amazon</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Preventing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">reducing and reversing land degradation</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.asb.cgiar.org/pdfwebdocs/IniciativaAmazonica_Eng10232004.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">English</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In the last 30 years, over 70 million hectares of the Amazon rainforest have been cleared, principally for unsustainable development. Degraded land, most of which is under pastures, occurs in more than 30 million hectares of the region. The Amazon Initiative, a consortium of major research and development institutions, has been formed to help to prevent, reduce, and reverse land degradation by promoting policies and technologies for sustainable land management in the region.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>