61. Sustainable Development - Issues/Desertification desertification and Drought. Deserts are among May 2001. Report of theSecretaryGeneral on agriculture, land and desertification. (E http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/desert.htm

62. Desertification desertification Includes children's activities. CEO desertification InformationNetwork; desertification Fact Sheet; desertification in Iceland; http://www.boker.org.il/meida/negev/desert/desertif.htm

Desertification Arid Lands Newsletter Informative bulletin published by the Office of Arid Lands Studies at the University of Arizona, covering the desertification issue, biodiversity conservaton and related topics. Bright Edges of the World - The Earth's Evolving Drylands An electronic exhibit about the world's drylands persented by the Smithsonian Institution and the United Natins Envrionment Programme. Includes children's activities. CEO - Desertification Information Network Desertification Fact Sheet Desertification in Iceland Desertification - Monitoring and Forecasting ... INC For the Elaboration of an International Convention to Combat Desertification: Year End Update Electronic documents in English, French and Spanish from the Food and Agriculture Organization. Land Use Land Degradation and Desertification UNCCD -UN Convention to Combat Desertification The main site for information regarding the international treaty intended to promote effective action on desertification by innovative local programmes and supportive international partnerships through national, sub-regaional and regiaonal action programmes. Back to the Desert Navigator

63. African Deforestation And Desertification AFRICAN DEFORESTATION AND desertification. Linda Zeiler. Evaluation. group participation;individual or group maps. ACTIVITY 5 desertification Simulation. Overview. http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/academy/afdefor.htm

Part of the Geographic Education and Technology Program's collection of lesson plans AFRICAN DEFORESTATION AND DESERTIFICATION Linda Zeiler Table of Contents: Activity 1 - The Sahel: A Growing Problem Activity 2 - Where Are Africa's Endangered Lands? Activity 3 - Desert Community Model Activity 4 - Creating a Map of a Desert Model ... Activity 10 - Students as Teachers of Geography This unit will employ the geographic perspective to identify, analyze and predict solutions for the geographic issues of deforestation and desertification in Africa. Grade: Time: 2-3 weeks CONNECTION TO CHALLENGES AND CHOICES This unit provides a systematic observation and analysis of deforestation and desertification using geographic themes, concepts, and generalizations. STUDENT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS The learner will: Explain how geographic factors affect a nation's cultural, economic, and political features. Recognize basic human universal needs (food, clothing, shelter and a sense of belonging) though these needs may be met in different ways. Explain how people of the world are linked by transportation, technology, and communication and how they help fulfill each other's needs and are dependent on each other.

64. Against Desertification September til 10 October 1997 will be held in Rome the First Conference of the Partiesof the United Nations Convention to Combat desertification GrandPlace http://www.eurplace.org/diba/coopera/indesert.html

Block notes Press Conference on the NGOs Forum 7 october 1997 Draft Documents from the NGOs Forum Listen to the NGOs and Governments representatives: speeches and interviews Debate on desert@eurplace.org and scope@khi.compol.com From 29 September til 10 October 1997 will be held in Rome the First Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Grand-Place Europe will give up to date information during the event, with the precious help of COCIS . You will find here the registration in real audio of the topic contributions, but also some very new and "original" interviews. If you want to communicate with the NGOs working in the Conference, if you have questions opinions , or if you want to suggest to the other visitors some document or text , please write soon to desert@eurplace.org or to scope@khi.compol.com . Remember in this International meeting NGOs and citizens' organisations can play a relevant role. Combating desertification a new strategy against an old disease Rome, 26-27 September

65. Portail Agora International: Desertification Translate this page desertificationAprès avoir remercié le Président et le peuple sud africains pourleur accueil et félicité Koffi Annan pour « ses efforts pour arracher http://www3.agora21.org/agora-international/gen.php3/topic/Desertification,0,1,0

Rubriques Initiatives-Actions Partenariats Publications Thèmes Agriculteurs Agriculture espace rural Amenagement du territoire Atmosphere ... Transports Les orientations environnementales du NEPAD selon le Président sénégalais Posté par Aissathou Thioubou . Approuvé le Lundi 02 Septembre à 18:17 [M] Après avoir remercié le Président et le peuple sud africains pour leur accueil et félicité Koffi Annan pour « ses efforts pour arracher notre Humanité aux menaces sur l'environnement », le Président Wade a déploré le manque de réalisations depuis Rio, en raison dit-il du « manque de volonté politique, les moyens financiers, techniques et humains n'[ayant] pas été réunis ». Comme coordonnateur du volet environnemental du NEPAD, le Président Wade a fait des propositions allant dans le sens de la « la création du Secrétariat intérimaire devant assurer la coordination de toutes les actions entreprises et qui concourent à l'application intégrée des engagements pris de part et d'autre en faveur de la lutte contre la détérioration des ressources de l'Environnement ». Enfin il a exposé les orientations futures du NEPAD en matière d'environnement. Il s'agira en gros de lutter contre l'érosion côtière en Afrique de l'Ouest, de promouvoir l'écotourisme en Afrique de l'Est et la lutte contre la désertification, avec l'appui du Fonds pour l'Environnement Mondial.

66. Portail Agora Scientifiques Pour Le Développement Durable Translate this page Cooperation - Cooperation internationale - Dechets dangereux - Dechets radioactifs- Dechets solides - Demographie - desertification - Droit - Eaux douces http://www3.agora21.org/agora-scientifiques/gen.php3/topic/Desertification,0,1,0

if(document.getElementById) document.write('') Rubriques Bonnes pratiques Contributions Diagnostic scientifique Droit et principes juridiques ... Sites Internet Thèmes Agriculteurs Agriculture espace rural Amenagement du territoire Atmosphere ... Transports Liens Agora21.org Sommetjohannesburg.org Débats Recherche Authentification 1 heure 1 jour 1 mois 1 année Nouveau Compte Oublié votre Mot de Passe? Archives Février Mars 2003 Lu Ma Me Je Ve Sa Di Sondage Proposer un sondage Desertification daCode V.Gilfaut V. Jay

67. Contents Perception of desertification. Table of contents (136 p.). Cable UNATUNIV TOKYO.Contents. 1. The context of studies into the perception of desertification. http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80190e/80190E00.htm

Perception of desertification Table of contents (136 p.) Edited by R. L. Heathcote The United Nations University ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Research for the reports contained in this monograph was financed from the United Nations University (Japan) Projects 77/16 to 19 and 79/242, and the Flinders University of South Australia. Additional support for the report in chapter 3 came from the University of Nebraska while the author was Visiting Professor in Geography in 1978. To these institutions and the many people in the field and in offices and libraries where research was conducted the authors express a deep sense of gratitude for their interest and help. CONTRIBUTORS Mr. M. Butler is Lecturer in Geography at the Adelaide College of the Arts and Education, Adelaide, South Australia 5001. Dr. R. L. Heathcote is Reader in Geography at the Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042. Mr. M. U. A. Tennakoon is senior Research Officer in the Central Bank of Ceylon, Colombo, Sri Lanka. At the time of writing, both Mr. Butler and Mr. Tennakoon were completing research towards a Ph.D. in Geography at Flinders University under Dr. Heathcote's supervision.

68. Contents Social and environmental aspects of desertification. Table of contents (42 p.). 2.Regional reports on desertification. 3. Reports of thematic study groups. http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80127e/80127E00.htm

Social and environmental aspects of desertification Table of contents (42 p.) Edited by J.A. Mabbutt and Andrew W. Wilson Proceedings of an Inter-Congress Meeting of the International Geographical Union Working Group on Desertification in and around Arid Lands, held in conjunction with the Arid Lands Sub-programme of the United Nations University Natural Resources Programme, and the UNESCO/MAB Programme. 3-8 January 1979. Tuscon, Arizona, USA. THE UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY © The United Nations University, 1980 NRTS-5/UNUP-1 27 ISBN 92-808-0127-9 This report was published within the framework of the United Nations University's Programme on the Use and Management of Natural Resources. The views expressed are those of the editors and not necessarily those of the United Nations University. United Nations University Press The United Nations University 53-70 Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150, Japan Tel.: (03) 3499-2811. Fax: (03) 3406-7345. Telex: J25442. Cable: UNATUNIV TOKYO. Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Tucson-the city and the desert

69. FEWS NET - Desertification HIV/AIDS,Prices. Vegetation. desertification. Harvest Rpts. Annual Predictions.Monthly Rpts. Capacity Dev. Youth Page. Hazards desertification, Drought. Flood. http://www.fews.net/hazards/hazard/?i=1005

70. Desertification desertification. Agenda 21 defines droughts and health. The potential healtheffects of desertification and drought A visual representation; http://www.who.dk/globalchange/Topics/20020627_2

71. Chapter 3 Combating Desertification And Desert Rehabilitation Chapter 3 Combating desertification and Desert Rehabilitation,Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/peace/projects/env96-3.html

72. Combating Desertification The Israeli Experience Combating desertification The Israeli Experience, Israel Ministry of ForeignAffairs. desertification What is it? Where is it? How Big is the Threat? http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH020x0

73. World Bank Group Land Resources Management Desertification desertification Drylands cover more than 40% of the world's surface butare increasingly being affected by desertification. desertification http://www.worldbank.org/desertification

74. Desertification desertification. One of the impacts which global warming may have on the surfaceof the Earth is to exacerbate the worldwide problem of desertification. http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/eae/Global_Warming/Older/Desertification.html

Desertification One of the impacts which global warming may have on the surface of the Earth is to exacerbate the worldwide problem of desertification. A decrease in the total amount of rainfall in arid and semi-arid areas could increase the total area of drylands worldwide, and thus the total amount of land potentially at risk from desertification. Desertification was defined at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 as "land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors including climatic variations and human activities". Desertification involves the depletion of vegetation and soils. Land degradation occurs all over the world, but it is only referred to as desertification when it takes place in drylands. This is because these areas are especially prone to more permanent damage as different areas of degraded land spread and merge together to form desert-like conditions. Global warming brought about by increasing greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere is expected to increase the variability of weather conditions and extreme events . Many dryland areas face increasingly low and erratic rainfalls, coupled with soil erosion by wind and the drying up of

75. UNEP/GRID - Sioux Falls This page contains UNCEDUnited Nations Conference on Envrironment and DevelopmentStatus of desertification and Implementation of the United Nations Plan of http://www.na.unep.net/des/deshome.php3

Home About Headquarters UNEP.net ... Contact Us Desertification UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: Status of Desertification and Implementation of the United Nations Plan of Action to Combat Desertification. WordPerfect document (370kb) DESFIN Financing Anti-Desertification Programmes: Implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification. WordPerfect document (265 kb) Bibliography (575Kb) of world desertification. This is a comprehensive listing with keynames. United Nations Environment Programme Global Resource Information Database

76. Desertification desertification. The Working Group desertification of the German NGO Forum on Environmentand Development deals with the different aspects of desertification. http://www.forumue.de/topicandworkgroups/desertification/

Desertification about us secretariat activists contact forum news presse releases newsletters position papers publications ... events 10 years after Rio www.rio-10.de biodiversity climate change desertification ... woman service point order form links encyclopedia impressum ... search realisiert durch : nach oben Pressemitteilungen Veranstaltungen Publikationen Mehr zum Thema Positionspapiere News der AG Desertifikation The Working Group Desertification of the German NGO - Forum on Environment and Development deals with the different aspects of desertification. It informs the German public about reasons for and world-wide catastrophic consequences of desertification. The members want to produce awareness for the problem and support the change of social and political actions. The Working Group took already part at the negotiation process of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the Elaboration of an International Convention to Combat Desertification (INCD). In 1994 they came together with other NGOs, who work to this subject, the RIOD-network (Réseau International d’ONG sur la Désertification). Since 1995 the Working Group Desertification supports the RIOD-network as a national focal point. They follow up the current process of implementation of the ICCD. They follow up the creation of development- and environment political conditions donors and the implementation of the ICCD in upset countries. A special status is given to the observation and the support of use of the bottom-up approach of the convention, that describes the special role of the civil society to combat desertification successfully.

77. Desertification Resources At Erratic Impact's Philosophy Research Base desertification resources at Erratic Impact's Philosophy Research Base.Resources including desertification in the World. According to http://www.erraticimpact.com/~ecologic/html/desertification.htm

Desertification Gold Mining Waste and Garbage Wilderness ... Advertising Desertification Online Resources Texts: Desertification Used Books: Desertification Know of a Resource? ... The Last Ranch : A Colorado Community and the Coming Desert (Harvest Book) by Sam Bingham. Colorado's San Luis Valley is a land of broad, expansive range ringed by massive mountains that is visited only rarely by rain, about eight inches a year. It is also a place where a small enclave of ranchers struggle to make a living, fighting not only the elements but a host of forcespolitics, the pressures of modern culture and technology, the marketplacethat conspire to put an end to their generations-old community. For a year beginning in 1992, naturalist and magazine writer Sam Bingham lived in the valley. In The Last Ranch he brings to life both the people of the valley and a flock of international characters who have targeted the San Luis Valley for exploitation. At the center of the story are Donnie and Karen Whitten, high school sweethearts who live in a doublewide trailer with their three children, and who come to symbolize the tenacity of the residents of the valley as they endure against very long odds.

78. Land Degradation | World Soil Resources | NRCS International Union of Soil Sciences working group site offers conference reports, technical papers Category Science Environment Global Change desertification......Land Degradation and desertification. The Working Group on Land Degradationand desertification of the International Union of Soil Sciences. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/worldsoils/landdeg/

Technical Resources Agronomy, Wind and Water Erosion Air Quality Conservation Practices ... Wildlife Biology Land Degradation and Desertification The Working Group on Land Degradation and Desertification of the International Union of Soil Sciences AGENDA 21 of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development emphasizes the need and proposes a wide range of activities to address land degradation in general and desertification in particular. As a response to this challenge, more than 100 countries have signed the Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) in 1997. A key point of the CCD deals with scientific and technical cooperation on investigation, collection, evaluation of the processes and factors involved in land degradation leading to desertification. At the conclusion of the Conference on Land Degradation at Adana, an International Task Force on Land Degradation, to be formed under the auspices of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), was proposed and unanimously adopted. Plato: Attica (Athens) was no longer cultivated by true herdsmen, who made husbandry their business, and were lovers of honor, and of a noble nature. As a result Attica had become deforested, the soils depleted, and there are remaining only the bones of the wasted body –all the richer and softer parts of the soil having fallen away.

79. Desertification go to. Geography 210. Introduction to Environmental Issues. http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/conted/onlinecourses/geog_210/contents/210~6~6~6.html

go to Geography 210 Introduction to Environmental Issues

80. 6.6 Desertification 6.6 desertification. desertification is a process where the productive potentialof arid and semiarid land is reduced by the activities of humans. http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/conted/onlinecourses/geog_210/210_6_6.html

Geography 210: Introduction to Environmental Issues 6.6 Desertification Desertification is a process where the productive potential of arid and semi-arid land is reduced by the activities of humans. It is a serious and growing problem in many regions of the world including: sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, western Asia, northern Mexico and south-eastern South America, western United States, prairies of Canada, and eastern Australia. Scientists estimate that 60,000 square kilometers of new desert are now annually created worldwide. Desertification occurs when the natural vegetation cover is reduced in its cover and the topsoil becomes susceptible to erosion . The removal of the vegetation and topsoil then initiates a number of other problems including: increase surface runoff and stream discharge reduction of water infiltration and groundwater recharge development of erosional gullies and sand dunes change in the surface microclimate that enhances aridity drying up of wells and springs reduction in seed germination of native plants The effects of desertification can be reversed in many cases. Reversal begins by halting the activities that created the desertification. In many parts of the world

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