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Adaptive Strategies for Sustainable Livelihoods in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) Project
Description of ASALs Project in Africa, along with outputs, findings, significance and bibliography.
http://www.iisd.org/casl/ASALProjectDetails/IISDProjectASAL.htm

Beijing's Desert Storm
Article and photos describe desertification in China, where the desert is on the move. With dunes already 75 kilometers from Beijing, environmentalists fear the sand could swallow the capital in a few years.
http://www.gluckman.com/ChinaDesert.html

Desertification and Drought
Internet links to sites related to desertification, maintained by University of Arizona.
http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/IALC/links/desert.html

Desertification: Monitoring & Forecasting
Text and video reports about remote monitoring in the arid southwest region of United States. General details about desertification, forecasting, desert plants and a photo gallery is also there.
http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/desert/

Drylands: Bright Edges of the World
Smithsonian Institution electronic exhibit about deserts and other arid and sub-humid environments, emphasizing desertification and other degradation and its consequences.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/drylands/

Land Degradation and Desertification
International Union of Soil Sciences working group site offers conference reports, technical papers and links to other organizations.
http://soils.usda.gov/use/worldsoils/landdeg/

MEDACTION: Policies for Land Use to Combat Desertification
Describes a decision support system for land management in Italy and Portugal. Features project description, bibliography and contact details.
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/medaction/

Monitoring and Early Warning
Maps providing monthly updated, near real time, distributed information on rainfall, actual evapotranspiration, radiation, drought and desertification indices, and crop yield forecasts for Africa and Europe. Includes methodology discussions and links to similar resources.
http://www.earlywarning.nl/

The Sahara and the Sahel Observatory (OSS)
Details about mission, objectives and structure of OSS, an organization striving to build up an African arena for cooperation and exchange to combat desertification and poverty. Available in English and Freanch.
http://www.unesco.org/oss/

Selected Internet Resources on Desertification
Information about intergovernmental organizations, national/regional activities,non-governmental organizations in the field of desertification. Also related reports/news/information sources.
http://www.iisd.ca/desert/desertsites.html

Desertification - Wikipedia
Article about desertification, the degradation of land in arid, semi arid, and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors including climatic variations ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertification

Desertification
Describes the prolems that desertification causes to humans, how it's monitored, and how we can fix it. ... Desertification does not occur in linear, easily ...
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/desertification/

Desertification - Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unites Nations
Aims to assist national, regional and international stakeholders and networks involved in sustainable development of drylands and in particular in the ...
http://www.fao.org/desertification

Desertification: Scientific Facts on Desertification
This Digest is a faithful summary of the leading scientific consensus report produced in 2005 by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA): 'Desertification Synthesis ...
http://www.greenfacts.org/en/desertification/index.htm

Desertification - Encyclopedia of Earth
... Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Desertification Synthesis Report (2005), based ... 6 Prevention and reversal of desertification ...
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Desertification

desertification: Definition from Answers.com
desertification n. The transformation of arable or habitable land to desert, as by a change in climate or destructive land ... Encyclopedia: desertification ...
http://www.answers.com/topic/desertification

Desertification of Arid Lands
Looks at the role resource mismanagement plays in desertification.
http://www.ciesin.org/docs/002-193/002-193.html

Desertification
Describes what causes desertification, and how we can stop it. ... Desertification is the process which turns productive into non- productive ...
http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/Envfacts/facts/desertification.h...

CED*R (Cedar) - The Council on Ecological Desertification (Desert ...
Extensive information and programs on Desertification and Reforestation - a EUCLID Institute. ... [Feature Article: Desertification and Climate Change ] ...
http://www.desertification.info/

UN Convention to Combat Desertification
Desertification does not mean that deserts are steadily advancing or taking over ... Desertification contributes to other environmental crises, such as the loss of ...
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/sustdev/desert.htm