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Desertification:     more books (100)

Desertification: Natural Background and Human Mismanagement (Springer Study Edition) by Monique Mainguet, 1994-12-13 Desertification and Development: Dryland Ecology in Social Perspective by Author Unknown, 1983-02-11 The Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security) Desertification in the world and its control by T. S Chouhan, 1992 Desert Problems and Desertification in Central Asia: The Researchers of the Desert Institute Governing Global Desertification: Linking Environmental Degradation, Poverty And Participation (The Global Environmental Governance Series) (The Global Environmental Governance Series) Desertification of Arid Lands (Advances in Desert and Arid Land Technology and Development,) by H. E. Dregne, 1983-01-01 Water Scarcity, Land Degradation and Desertification in the Mediterranean Region: Environmental and Security Aspects (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security) As in the Heart, So in the Earth: Reversing the Desertification of the Soul and the Soil by Pierre Rabhi, 2006-06-06 Adapting to Drought: Farmers, Famines and Desertification in West Africa by Michael Mortimore, 2009-03-19 Disappearing Forests: Deforestation, Desertification, and Drought (Extreme Environmental Threats) by Corona Brezina, 2009-01 Land Degradation and Desertification: Assessment, Mitigation and Remediation Policy Integration for Complex Environmental Problems: The Example of Mediterranean Desertification (Ashgate Studies in Environmental Policy and Practice) Desertification of the United States by david sheridan, 1981

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1. United Nations Convention To Combat Desertification
   Drought and desertification threaten the livelihood of over 1 billion people in more than 110 What is UNCCD and desertification ? Knowledge Base. Parties to the ConventionCountry  
   http://www.unccd.int/

2. FAO Desertification Web Site
   FAO website on the topic, with technical and scientific data and information available at FAO, plus internet links. Site available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish languages.  
   http://www.fao.org/desertification

3. Deserts And Desertification
   Brief introduction to desertification, including causes and effects.  
   http://www.didyouknow.cd/deserts.htm
   
   Extractions: Did you know? More than 70% of earth's dryland is affected by desertification About 3,6 billion of the world's 5.2 billion hectares of useful dryland for agriculture has suffered erosion and soil degradation. In more than 100 countries, 1 billion of the 6 billion world population is affected by desertification, forcing people to leave their farms for jobs in the cities. Desertification takes place in dryland areas where the earth is especially fragile, where rainfall is nil and the climate harsh. The result is the destruction of topsoil followed by loss of the land's ability to sustain crops, livestock or human activity. The economic impact is horrendous, with a loss of more than $40 billion per year in agricultural goods and an increase in agricultural prices. Climatic changes can trigger the desertification process, but human activities frequently are the proximate cause. Overcultivation exhausts the soil. Deforestation removes trees that hold the soil to the land. Overgrazing of livestock strips the land of grasses. According to a UN study, about 30% of earth's land - including the 70% of dryland - is affected by drought. Every day, about 33,000 people starve to death.

4. UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
   Works in the overall framework of UNDP's sustainable human development mandate to support dryland development and the implementation of desertification accords.  
   http://www.undp.org/seed/unso

5. Secretariat Of The United Nations Convention To Combat Desertification
   United Nations Convention to Combat desertification. Back Drought and desertification threaten the livelihood of over 1 billion people in more than 110 countries around the world  
   http://www.unccd.int/main.php
   
   Extractions: Help Guide for affected country Parties Explanatory note for developed country Parties Letter to affected country Parties, non-governmental organizations, United Nations and other Intergovernmental Organizations Other News and Updates NEW: 10th World Day to Combat Desertification NEW: Launch Meeting of the Asia Regional Thematic Programme Network on Local Area Development Initiatives (TPN6) - Islamabad, Pakistan, 7 - 9 June 2004

6. Desertification
   This degradation of formerly productive land desertificationis a complex process. desertification does not occur in linear, easily mappable patterns.  
   http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/desertification/
   
   Extractions: The Sahelian drought that began in 1968 was responsible for the deaths of between 100,000 and 250,000 people, the disruption of millions of lives, and the collapse of the agricultural bases of five countries (photograph by Daniel Stiles, UNEP). The world's great deserts were formed by natural processes interacting over long intervals of time. During most of these times, deserts have grown and shrunk independent of human activities. Paleodeserts, large sand seas now inactive because they are stabilized by vegetation, extend well beyond the present margins of core deserts, such as the Sahara. In some regions, deserts are separated sharply from surrounding, less arid areas by mountains and other contrasting landforms that reflect basic structural differences in the regional geology. In other areas, desert fringes form a gradual transition from a dry to a more humid environment, making it more difficult to define the desert border. These transition zones have very fragile, delicately balanced ecosystems. Desert fringes often are a mosaic of microclimates. Small hollows support vegetation that picks up heat from the hot winds and protects the land from the prevailing winds. After rainfall the vegetated areas are distinctly cooler than the surroundings. In these marginal areas, human activity may stress the ecosystem beyond its tolerance limit, resulting in degradation of the land. By pounding the soil with their hooves, livestock compact the substrate, increase the proportion of fine material, and reduce the percolation rate of the soil, thus encouraging erosion by wind and water. Grazing and the collection of firewood reduces or eliminates plants that help to bind the soil.

7. Desertification Information Network Of China
   About studies of the phenomenon and efforts to combat it, including uses of traditional knowledge. Includes research publications, photos, and links.  
   http://www.din.net.cn/
   
   Extractions: Desertification is one of the major environmental issues in the world today. At present, two third of the countries and districts in the world, one fourth of the global land territory and nearly 100 million world population are threatened by desertification. China is one of the countries with serious disasters of desertification in the world. According to the monitoring results of China's State Forestry Administration in 1999, the desert areas are still expanding in China with an average increase of about 10,400 square kilometers per year, and China has 2.67 million square kilometers of desert land, accounting for 27.9 percent of China's total territory, The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) was opened for signing in Oct. 1994 in Paris and Chinese Delegation has signed the CCD on behalf of the Government of China. On December 30th 1996, the Outstanding Committee of the People's Congress has ratified the CCD and China has become officially the member state of the parties of CCD.

8. IMPACTS - Desertification
   Climate Change and the Mediterranean Region. Executive Summary. Water shortages and poor harvests during the droughts of the early 1990s exposed the acute vulnerability of the Mediterranean region to  
   http://www.greenpeace.org/~climate/science/reports/desertification.html
   
   Extractions: climate science Climate Change and the Mediterranean Region Executive Summary Water shortages and poor harvests during the droughts of the early 1990s exposed the acute vulnerability of the Mediterranean region to climatic extremes. Against this backdrop, the prospect of a major climate change brought about by human activities is a source of growing concern, raising serious questions over the sustainability of the region. This report examines the potential implications of global climate change for the Mediterranean region. Drawing on the results of recent studies, it reviews possible changes in climate together with recent trends, the potential impacts of climate change and the implications for sustainable development. One key finding is that future climate change could critically undermine efforts for sustainable development in the Mediterranean region. In particular, climate change may add to existing problems of desertification, water scarcity and food production, while also introducing new threats to human health, ecosystems and national economies of countries. The most serious impacts are likely to be felt in North African and eastern Mediterranean countries. The report concludes that while there is some scope for adaptation, ensuring the long-term sustainability of the region requires urgent action to cut global emissions of greenhouse gases.

9. Desertification
   About desertification in southern Italy and official efforts to study and combat the problem.  
   http://www.desertification.it/

10. Land Use -- Land Degradation And Desertification
    CIESIN Thematic Guides *DRAFT* Land Degradation and desertification. Land degradation has been defined as a reduction in the soil's capacity to produce in terms of quantity, quality, goods, and services. desertification is generally viewed as an advanced stage of land degradation the United Nations Conference on desertification (UNCOD), desertification was defined as a "diminution  
    http://www.ciesin.org/TG/LU/degrad.html
    
    Extractions: CIESIN Thematic Guides *DRAFT* Land degradation has been defined as a reduction in the soil's capacity to produce in terms of quantity, quality, goods, and services. Several other concepts are important to this definition: Landscapes throughout the world undergo transformation processes that include some form of natural degradation, but these processes are usually compensated for and counterbalanced by nature's inherent recovery ability. Net degradation occurs whenever the degradation processes significantly exceed nature's restorative capacity. Blaikie and Brookfield (1987) present a comprehensive introduction to and definition of the nature of land degradation in Land Degradation and Society . They describe degradation as a natural process that can be enhanced or dampened by human intervention. Chisholm and Dumsday (1987) also discuss society's role in degrading land in Land Degradation Desertification is generally viewed as an advanced stage of land degradation. At the United Nations Conference on Desertification (

11. Welcome To SEPADO - SOMALIA
    A voluntary nongovernmental organization, formed during the summer of 1996 to combat environmental problems in war-torn Somalia.  
    http://members.tripod.com/~sepado/
    
    Extractions: Due to the lack of central government in Somalia during the last 6 years is causing the environment of Somalia to suffer greatly as a result of human destruction. The environmental condition of Somalia is catastrophic and deteriorating day after day. Following are major threats facing the environment in Somalia:

12. Combatting Desertification - Main Page
    More than one billion people worldwide, most of them among the poorest in the world, are affected by drought and desertification, which is land  
    http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/desertification-e.htm

13. IALC
    Related Sites. desertification and Drought. UN Convention to Combat desertification and related sites. desertification drought research institutions.  
    http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/IALC/links/desert.html

14. Desertification: Monitoring & Forecasting
    Text and video reports about remote monitoring in the arid southwest region of United States. General  
    http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/~desert/

15. ALN No. 40: Web Resources On Desertification
    Annotated list of web resources on desertification, published in Arid Lands Newsletter No. 40, fall/winter 1996. Web resources on desertification.  
    http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/aln40/WebResources.html
    
    Extractions: The CCD, Part I: Africa and the Mediterranean Web resources on desertification Compiled and annotated by Katherine Waser "The successful implementation of the Convention would make a significant contribution to solving some of our most pressing problems, including food security, water conservation, drought emergency management, poverty reduction, and migration." Mr. Hama Arba Diallo Executive Secretary, Interim Secretariat for the CCD speaking at the FAO World Food Summit , November 1996. [Ed. note: links last checked March 2000] This list covers World Wide Web resources on: The list is not intended to be exhaustive; rather, the focus is on sites that house original content and/or data, directory sites with so many good links they simply must be included, and sites that struck me as being particularly in line with the aims and provisions of the CCD. [Please note also that I have added "Further Web Resources" links to the end of an individual article, in those cases where the link in question seemed more applicable to that particular article than to this overall list.]

16. Desertification
    http://www.fao.org/desertification/default.asp?lang=en

17. Programmes
    An international intergovernmental policy research and training organization located in Nairobi, Kenya. The Centre's activities focus on the implementation of Agenda 21 and related conventions on biological diversity, climate change and desertification.  
    http://www.acts.or.ke/
    
    Extractions: Science and Technology Literacy The African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) is an international inter-governmental policy research and training organization located in Nairobi, Kenya. The Centre's activities focus on the implementation of Agenda 21 and related conventions on biological diversity, climate change and desertification. Current Projects Ecological Sources of African Conflicts Transboundary Natural Resources Management Cross-Border Biodiversity Developing a Strategy for the Consolidation of the Pan-African Programme on Land ... and Resource Rights (PAPLRR) Network

18. IMPACTS - Desertification
    Detailed report supported by Greenpeace that examines the potential implications of global climate change for the Mediterranean region.  
    http://archive.greenpeace.org/climate/science/reports/desertification.html
    
    Extractions: climate science Climate Change and the Mediterranean Region Executive Summary Water shortages and poor harvests during the droughts of the early 1990s exposed the acute vulnerability of the Mediterranean region to climatic extremes. Against this backdrop, the prospect of a major climate change brought about by human activities is a source of growing concern, raising serious questions over the sustainability of the region. This report examines the potential implications of global climate change for the Mediterranean region. Drawing on the results of recent studies, it reviews possible changes in climate together with recent trends, the potential impacts of climate change and the implications for sustainable development. One key finding is that future climate change could critically undermine efforts for sustainable development in the Mediterranean region. In particular, climate change may add to existing problems of desertification, water scarcity and food production, while also introducing new threats to human health, ecosystems and national economies of countries. The most serious impacts are likely to be felt in North African and eastern Mediterranean countries. The report concludes that while there is some scope for adaptation, ensuring the long-term sustainability of the region requires urgent action to cut global emissions of greenhouse gases.

19. Lutte Contre La Désertification - Page D'accueil
    http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/desertification-f.htm
    
    Extractions: Réparties sur environ le quart de la planète, elles sont aux prises tous les jours avec des problèmes importants dus à cette désertification, notamment la dégradation du sol et de la végétation, menant à une détérioration des terres arables, et éventuellement à une insécurité alimentaire chronique. le cadre d'un projet financé par l'ACDI. afin de lutter contre la désertification, dans le cadre de l'Aide publique au développement, et en tant que Partie à la Convention des Nations Unies sur la lutte contre la Désertification dans les pays gravement affectés par la sécheresse et/ou la désertification, particulièrement en Afrique

20. Sunseed Desert Technology / Sunseed Trust
    Aims to improve the quality of life and of environment of people living in arid, neardesert areas of the world, by researching desertification and appropriate technologies.  
    http://www.rodcuff.demon.co.uk/sunseed/
    
    Extractions: About Sunseed Why deserts? Our way of working Our history ... News archive The Sunseed Trust Please support us in our raffle, to be drawn on 30 July (see below). Sunseed Desert Technology (SDT) aims to develop, demonstrate and communicate accessible, low-tech methods of sustainability in a semi-arid environment. The Sunseed Trust is its parent charity, and in mid-2003 became a company limited by guarantee. 22 April 2004 (updated 3 May): We're recruiting for a couple of posts at the moment. Education, Publicity and Fundraising Co-ordinator. This volunteer staff post will be vacant from mid-July 2004. A recently revised job description is now on the website. Please read the general description of all our staff jobs as well. Graduate in biological sciences or tropical agriculture to work on our mycorrhiza research programme. This would be a 2-year contract, based initially at Sunseed in Spain, but with the possibility of later working in other countries. Full details are to be decided, but please contact us for more information.

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