61. A China Environment Health Project Research Brief desertification and Environmental Health Trends in China The growing desertification is causing serious environmental and health problems within and http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1421&fuseaction=topics.item&news_

62. Desertification: What It Is And How To Fix It -- Articles Article index Most conventional solutions to desertification and land damage don t work. Articles based on proven successes from around the world. http://managingwholes.com/-ecosystem-desertification.htm

Managing Wholes Creating a future that works Match ALL words Match ANY word Home Newest Photos Tutorials ... Post Why conventional "solutions" fail to reverse desertification; proven methods that work. Desertificationwhat it is and how to fix it Index of articles and links Desertification is an age-old problem. Since writing was invented, people have lamented landscape damage and urged better care of the land. Despite the march of science and billions spent to combat desertification, the world's deserts continue to grow. What is desertification? Conventional techniques failed to revegetate this former gold mine, which had no topsoil. After broadcasting seed, feeding hay to cattle jump-started soil-building processes. The restored land outperformed some nearby hayfields. On EcoResults! website. How it works Desertification is the process by which productive land becomes unproductive desert. Desertification: why most solutions fail A 1-page primer by Peter Donovan. 2002. Take the desertification quiz and test your knowledge. Is overgrazing caused by too much livestock, or something else? Bonus quiz at bottom. By Peter Donovan, 2002.

63. IYDD,United Nations Convention To Combat Desertification(UNCCD) Home A series of postage stamps to mark the International Year of Deserts and desertification are to be issued in cooperation with the Universal Postal http://www.iydd2006.org/

Home A series of postage stamps to mark the International Year of Deserts and Desertification are to be issued in cooperation with the Universal Postal Union. It expressed pleasure in lending support to the International Year in International Bureau Circular No. 170, released in Berne on 30 May 2005. The additional awareness and publicity generated by the various stamp designs will serve to further highlight the cause and give added value to the UNCCD's mission. Building upon the approach promoted by the United Nations General Assembly, the stamps should seek to portray the duality of the issues at stake: conserving deserts as a unique natural habitat for mankind, while combating the threat to livelihoods posed by desertification. They should therefore demonstrate the beauty of the drylands as well as the importance of protecting them from further damage. Any stamps and philatelic products produced by the postal administrations will be included in an exhibition of various awareness materials. Home Background Promotions Press ... Partners Upload your event bestesitesop linkcompany start fit healthexpires ... businezznews displayBanner("banners");

64. Desertification | Sprol desertification Abandonment Climate Change Deforestation desertification Displacement Migration Sprawl Warfare http://www.sprol.com/?cat=63

65. Desertification In Africa In the continenof Africa, many countries are faced with the problem of spreading deserts, called desertification. This problem has many causes but few http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/Africa/03/wornall/wornall.html

Desertification in Africa By Louise Wornall January 7, 2000 Everywhere in the world, countries are faced with uncontrollable problems that will greatly effect their futures. In the continenof Africa, many countries are faced with the problem of spreading deserts, called desertification This problem has many causes but few solutions and could soon lead to a greater area of dry and arid land than fertile farmlands and rangelands. The continent of Africa contains one-fifth of the world's surface and has some of the world's largest physical features, including deserts. The Sahara, which is located in the northern part of Africa, is the largest desert in the world. It also happens to be one of many deserts that are getting larger every year because of desertification. Desertification can be defined as increasing desert-like conditions in arid and semi-arid lands. This problem (which is also known as desertization, sandification, and desiccation) has so many causes that it is said to be irreversible. Climate, humans, and livestock are the main causes of the spreading deserts in Africa. Climate, however, is the main reason that this problem is so hard to control. Prolonged drought can leave land dried out and infertile which makes it just about impossible for any type of vegetation to survive. Because humans play no part in this, it is obviously the hardest for us to control.

66. Desertification: Blogs, Photos, Videos And More On Technorati Read at Google Alert desertification http//giftedkidsnetwork.com/wp/?p=49 Gifted Kids Network Student Blogs desertification in Canada Published by http://technorati.com/tag/desertification

The spotlight is on independent films, filmmakers, and festivals in the new indie film channel Join Sign in Help ... Small Business Up Entertainment Main TV Music ... Gaming Up Lifestyle Main Autos Family ... Travel Up Politics Sports Technology Main ... IT Up Blogs Photos Videos Blogger Central ... Developers Up 259 posts tagged desertification Subscribe Posts Blogs Photos Videos search in entire post tags only of blogs with any authority a little authority some authority a lot of authority in language all languages Arabic (العربية) Chinese (中文) Dutch (Nederlands) English French (Fran§ais) German (Deutsch) Greek (Ελληνικά) Hebrew (עברית) Italian (Italiano) Japanese (日本語) Korean (한국어) Norwegian (Norsk) Persian (فارسی) Polish (Polski) Portuguese (Portuguªs) Russian (Русский) Spanish (Espa±ol) Swedish (Svenska) Turkish (T¼rk§e) Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) Related tags: pollution automatt transformation particulates ... Nigeria: The desert is fast encroaching but why? Source: AlertNet KANO, 28 March 2008 (IRIN) - Experts agree that an estimated 35 percent of land that was cultivatable 50 years ago is now desert in 11 of Nigeria’s northern states, but what they are not so sure about is why. 1 day ago by sociolingo in Sociolingo’s Africa Authority: 47 Thailand : Chiang Rai drought; Mekong runs low (Google /

67. Desertification : Webguide & Research introduction desertification threatens nearly one quarter of the land surface of the globe. The environmental impacts of desertification include a reduction http://www.worldrevolution.org/guide/desertification

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68. China Adopts Law To Control Desertification China has adopted new legislation intended to control and ultimately reverse the worsening trend of desertification in the country, which currently claims http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/desertification_law.htm

Home Search Site Map Contact Us ... PRC Press Clippings China Adopts Law to Control Desertification A November 2001 Report from U.S. Embassy Beijing China has adopted new legislation intended to control and ultimately reverse the worsening trend of desertification in the country, which currently claims about 2,500 square kilometers a year at an estimated annual direct economic cost of RMB 54 billion ($6.5 billion). The new law: States that land occupants have a duty not only to prevent desertification but also to restore areas that have already become desert; Promises unspecified preferential policies, tax breaks, subsidies and technical support to offset the cost of this unfunded mandate; Creates a new class of protected areas off-limits to development and calls for farmers and herders to be removed from those areas; and Authorizes local governments to grant land-use rights of up to 70 years to desertified areas if the landholder promises to undertake restoration efforts. As with other Chinese environmental laws, funding and enforcement will be key to success. Policies in other, seemingly unrelated areas such as urban residency and urban land use will also impact China’s ability to slow the speed of desertification. National People’s Congress Tackles Desertification The National People’s Congress (NPC) August 31 adopted a new law to control and prevent desertification in China, which has become a hot-button issue in Beijing over the past two years as sandstorms have struck the city with increasing frequency and intensity. The law will go into effect January 1. It contains a mixture of old-fashioned, command-and-control central planning as well as economic incentives more attuned to the country’s emerging market economy. The law scarcely acknowledges, however, the deep-rooted social problems — primarily, China’s surplus rural population — which are the principal causes of desertification here (see report titled:

69. Voices From Africa The convention treats them as central to action programmes to fight desertification, both nationally and regionally. As for NGOs, they are treated as full http://www.unsystem.org/ngls/documents/publications.en/voices.africa/number6/vfa

Number 6: Sustainable Development Part 2 Contents: INTRODUCTION AUTHORS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA TOXIC WASTE DUMPING IN ZAMBIA ... THE POOR PARTNERS' ATTITUDES TO TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN AFRICA RIOD: THE DESERTIFICATION NETWORK By Massé Lo O f all the conventions stemming from the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, the Convention on Desertification is probably the one which gives the greatest importance to the activities of local communities, community organizations, and NGOs. The convention treats them as central to action programmes to fight desertification, both nationally and regionally. As for NGOs, they are treated as full partners by states, both to elaborate action programmes and to mobilize the necessary financial resources for their implementation. The decision to make local communities the main participants in the convention makes them unconditional partners in the implementation of the convention and of its regional annexes. It is also an invitation to countries threatened by desertification to change or improve their method of governance, especially in the management of natural resources. It is within this framework of new challenges and responsibilities that NGOs taking part in the convention's negotiations created the Réseau International d'ONG et OCB pour le suivi de la convention contre la désertification (RIOD) to bring the convention to the level of local communities and to make sure they take part in all phases of its implementation.

70. Tree-Nation :: The Project The benefits of preventing desertification extend beyond trees to other kinds TreeNation wants to show that fighting desertification is not only a good http://tree-nation.com/the_project.php

Profile Trees Contacts Groups ... login / register 1- What? Tree-Nation is an ecological project with a focused objective: To plant 8 million trees in Niger, Africa to fight desertification! Large-scale plantation of trees will increase the land's productivity and re-generate the soil. Tree-nation is an online community in which you can buy your own tree and become the guardian of a real and happy tree that we will plant in our park in Niger. Our objective is two-fold: Primarily environmental, but also closely linked to the humanitarian aid that it will provide in the long term. The project will benefit local populations in terms of welfare, education and farming practices. And that's not all… The benefits of preventing desertification extend beyond trees to other kinds of plant and animal life. Any opportunity to re-introduce and/or help prevent any endangered species will therefore become an integral part of our mission. 2- Why?

71. Daily Trust - The Online Edition - Agency Partners FADE Over Property Environment arrow Agency partners FADE over desertification change threatened to exacerbate desertification, drought and food insecurity. http://dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4432&Itemid=40

72. World Desertification Day Puts Spotlight On Neglected Crisis Paris (AFP) June 15, 2007 The United Nations on Sunday sounds a loud alarm about desertification, warning that global warming is helping to drive the http://www.terradaily.com/reports/World_Desertification_Day_Puts_Spotlight_On_Ne

TERRA DAILY GPS DAILY ENERGY DAILY SPACE WAR ... ABC SOLAR Get Our Free Newsletters Via Email Search All Our Sites at SpaceBank CLIMATE SCIENCE World Desertification Day Puts Spotlight On Neglected Crisis By 2025, Africa could lose as much as two-thirds of its arable land compared with 1990, and there could be declines of one-third in Asia and one-fifth in South America, it says. Migration from the Sahelian regions to the West African coast, from sub-Saharan Africa to Europe, from Mexico to the United States will be an inevitable consequence as poor people are driven off their land. Spain hosts drought forum by Anne Chaon Paris (AFP) June 15, 2007 The United Nations on Sunday sounds a loud alarm about desertification, warning that global warming is helping to drive the onward march of parched land and, in years to come, millions of people could be driven from their homes. Of six billion humans, nearly a fifth are threatened directly or indirectly by desertification, experts warn ahead of the UN's annual World Day to Combat Desertification. China, India, Pakistan, Central Asia, the Middle East, as well as a major part of Africa and swathes of Argentina, Brazil and Chile are in the front line of this unacknowledged crisis.

73. CGIAR: Research & Impact: CGIAR On Global Issues: CGIAR & Desertification Where desertification occurs, poor people especially those who depend on agriculture CGIAR strategies to fight desertification are fully supportive of http://www.cgiar.org/impact/global/desertification.html

CGIAR on Global Issues: Areas of Research Impact Genebanks ... Challenge Programs Combating Desertification through Science Recognizing the severity of the problem, the United Nations has declared 2006 as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. At its core, desertification is about land degradation that decreases agricultural productivity, reduces biodiversity, and degrades the environment while diminishing ecosystem resilience. Caused by a combination of human-induced factors and climate change, desertification creates economic, environmental, and social hardship for millions of poor farmers who practice subsistence agriculture in fragile environments. Information Packet on Issues, Regions and CGIAR Contributions (10 fact sheets) For more than 35 years, CGIAR scientists and partners have been harnessing global knowledge to combat desertification and ameliorate its negative impacts on food, nutrition, and income security of poor people, while promoting the sustainable management of important natural resources such as biodiversity, forests, soils, and water. The results and benefits of these science-based efforts include: Hardy crops: New, high-yielding, stress- and disease-resistant crop varieties of beans, cassava, corn, grass pea, orange-fleshed sweet potato, pearl millet, rice, sorghum and wheat have been developed, and are increasing food availability in some the poorest, desertification-prone parts of the world.

74. Desertification - Definitions From Dictionary.com Definitions of desertification at Dictionary.com. desertification can result from climate change or from human practices such as deforestation and http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/desertification

SafeAddOnload(_init_luna); SafeAddOnload(show_sp); var pid = 167970; var nid = 168012; var mid = 711389; var word = 'desertification'; SafeAddOnload(init_near); Premium Content Register Log In Help ... The Web Advertisement 4 results for: desertification Browse Nearby Entries desert willow Deserted desertedly ... deserticolous desertification Deserting desertion desertions desertization ... Share This de·sert·i·fi·ca·tion Audio Help dɪˌzɜr tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən Pronunciation Key Show Spelled Pronunciation di-zur-t uh -fi- key -sh uh n Pronunciation Key Show IPA Pronunciation –noun Ecology the processes by which an area becomes a desert. the rapid depletion of plant life and the loss of topsoil at desert boundaries and in semiarid regions, usually caused by a combination of drought and the overexploitation of grasses and other vegetation by people. Also, des·ert·i·za·tion Audio Help ˌdɛz ər təˈzeɪ ʃən Pronunciation Key Show Spelled Pronunciation dez-er-t uh zey -sh uh n Pronunciation Key Show IPA Pronunciation Compare aridification [Origin: desert -i- -fication Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)

75. Desertification desertification refers to the formation of deserts when land loses its productivity and becomes bare. in the last three decades, researchers have noticed http://library.thinkquest.org/C007160/desertification.htm

FORMATION OF DESERTS Defination You probably think of the desert as a huge area of sand under the scorching sun. However, not all deserts are like that, since some are located in very cold regions of the planet. Not all deserts are made of sand, either-some are rocky, and others can be formed by salt or ice. But, all deserts do have one thing in common: they are regions that almost continuously suffer from drought, so little moisture that clouds do not formed-that is why the desert sky is almost clear and bright, which means that the ground is always exposed to the direct actiion of the Sun's rays. The air's temperature can reach 100 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit, and the surface temperature between day and night cause the rocks to break until they form fragments that are so small that the wind carries them away. Desertification Desertification refers to the formation of deserts when land loses its productivity and becomes bare. in the last three decades, researchers have noticed that the total area covered by deserts has been increasing by as much as 200 000 square kilometers each year. This is about 300 times the land area of Singapore! It has been estimated that a third of Asia and a fifth of Africa, including land that is currently being farmed, are in danger of becoming deserts. It was previously thought that desertification occurs along the edge of deserts, expanding the desert area. However, recent studies have shown that desertification can occur in semi-arid areas anywhere in the world, including places far from existing deserts. Semi-arid areas receive an annual rainfall of 250 to 500 millimeters. This amount of rain is sufficient to support vegetation such as grasses, scrubs and small trees.

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