Claudio ZuccaDr. Zucca is Associate Professor of Pedology at the University of Sassari, Italy. Since 2015 he has also been a Soil Conservation and Land Management Scientist at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas. At ICARDA he coordnated research projects in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Morocco and contributed to projects in Senegal, Mauritania, Pakistan and Jordan. He also acted as ICARDA's focal person in FAO's Global Soil Partnership and in WOCAT (World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies). During his 20 years of research he has been involved in several international projects, particularly on soil and land degradation, desertification, and sustainable land management . His interdisciplinary scientific interests mainly focus on: integrated assessment of land degradation and SLM; survey, mapping, and evaluation of land and soil; and soil formation and development. He is expert in GIS and applied geomatics to land studies. Read More Read Less