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Summary Of: Desertification

Desertification is the degradation of land in arid and dry... Desertification is induced by several factors... Desertification may intensify a general climatic trend toward greater aridity... Desertification does not occur in linear... an area undergoing desertification is brought to public attention only after the process is well under way... Combating desertification is complex and difficult... recent research about historic desertification in Jordan questions the dominant role of man... Desertification is a historic phenomenon... A chief difference of prehistoric versus present desertification is the much greater rate of desertification than in prehistoric and... but desertification presently affects tens of millions of people with primary occurrence in the... Desertification is widespread in many areas of the... Another example of desertification occurring is in the... The chief cause of desertification in the Sahel is... desertification overtakes about 1... Desertification has been recognized as a major threat to... tried in order to reduce the rate of desertification and regain lost land... While desertification has received some publicity by the news media... pointed out that desertification is a subtle and complex process of deterioration... played a role in combatiting edge effects of desertification in the Thar Desert... played a role in combatiting edge effects of desertification in the Thar Desert... Threats of Desertification Must Be Taken Seriously... Photoessay by British Photojournalist Sean Gallagher on desertification in Western China... Willem Van Cotthem about desertification and techniques to combat it... Past and Present Desertification in the Context of Soil Development... A key player in combating desertification and drought effects...

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