As the eighth special publication of WASWAC, following The USLE Story (I), Carbon Trading, Agricultural and Poverty (II), No-Till Farming Systems (III), Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Global Applications (IV), Conservation Agriculture (V), Vegetable Agroforestry (VI), and Our Gift to the Earth (VII), Global Degradation of Soil and Water Resources --Regional Assessment and Strategies that organized by the association, jointly compiled by scientists of soil and Water conservation around the world, was officially published by Science Press and Springer, under the financial support of China Book International. Supports also from International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation and Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, NWAFU & CAS/MWR. The purpose of the book is to address the lack of recent state-of-the art and state-of-the-science documentation of global degradation issues by focusing on soil and water conservation at global scale.

Degradation of soil and water resources is a serious environmental problem that will threaten the socio-economic wellbeing of the majority of global population in future. The book examines the current situation of land degradation in multiple regions of the world and offers alternative approaches to solve the problems through sharing advanced technologies and lessons learned. It provides comprehensive assessment on characteristics, level and effect of degradation in different regions.

WASWAC has been committed to the worldwide promotion and dissemination of soil and water conservation science and technology, and has published a series of relevant books, providing a platform for researchers and practitioners to share knowledge and experience. WASWAC will continue to publish more books in the future to promote the development of international soil and water conservation.

Attached please find the introduction of Editor-in-Chief, Preface and Contents.

Global Degradation of Soil and Water Resources.pdf