This review paper provides explanation and global assessment of desertification as it
menaces the world drylands. It shows the differences between drought (a natural hazard) and …

… There is no agreement on where desertification can take … desertification can occur or
where the risks of desertification are highest. Others imply that the areas prone to desertification …

… desertification, and describe their principal consequences on scientific and social arenas. We
show that desertification … reflect the progress that desertification ecology has experienced. …

… This paper reviews recent studies of desertification in different regions of arid and semiarid
… of desertification and the contemporaneous human impacts, suggest that desertification in …

… to our knowledge about desertification. The first of these demon… but outdated understandings
of desertification. They also … , and that estimates of desertification have been significantly …

… United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) considers desertification … desertification
phenomenon is considered to be mainly man-made. The prevailing concept of desertification, …

… grown up around the notion of desertification as a process of … has been over whether
desertification actually exists and, if … processes that contribute to desertification. The fact that these …

This book provides an examination into the causes and prospects of desertification through
a systematic review of 132 sub national case studies. It uses a meta-analytical model to …

… navigate the inherent complexity of desertification and dryland development, identifying and
… on desertification and drylands, notably adopting the Convention to Combat Desertification (…

Desertification is an environmental issue that has major … The recent UN Convention on
Desertification and Drought … When desertification first became regarded as a major issue in …