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Land Use > Land Resources > Desertification
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| Title | | | | Aridlands Newsletter |
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| Author | | | | Editor Katherine Waser |
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| Abstract | | | | This is the home page of the Newsletter Arid Lands. The full text of each Newsletter is
available. The purpose of The Arid Lands Newsletter is to explore events and issues of interest
to arid lands researchers, resource managers, and policy makers." which sometimes touches
upon population issues." |
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| Affiliation | | | | The Office of Arid Lands Studies: University of Arizona |
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| URL: | | | | http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/ALNHome.html |
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| Title | | | | Desertification, Drought and their Consequences |
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| Author | | | | A.P. Koohafkan |
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| Abstract | | | | 1996 summary notes that desertification is a world-wide phenomenon which causes the
earth's ecosystems to deteriorate. It affects about two-thirds of the countries of the world, and
one-third of the earth's surface, on which one billion people live, namely, one-fifth of the world
population" and "Desertification weaken the economies of the developing countries, particularly
when they have no other resources than their agriculture. This is particularly true in dry-zone
African countries, which have to deal with emergency situations created by drought and
desertification, despite the increasing debt burdens." |
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| Affiliation | | | | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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| URL: | | | | http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/EPdirect/EPan0005.htm |
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| Title | | | | GEO-1: Executive Summary: OverView of Regional Status and Trends |
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| Author | | | | Global Environment Outlook |
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| Abstract | | | | Discusses environmental issues that most concern/affect various regions of the world, eg., land availability and degradation in Africa, West Asia, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, while the North is more concerned with forests and biodiversity. Concerns
about water use, availability and quality are shared world-wide. "Every day, 25,000 people die as a result of poor water quality and water-borne diseases." Provides general overview and introduction to the report as a whole which is also on-line. The latter discusses regional responses and future outlook. |
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| Affiliation | | | | UNEP |
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| URL: | | | | http://www.grida.no/prog/global/geo1/exsum/ex3.htm |
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| Title | | | | Sweet Water and Bitter |
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| Author | | | | Roar Bjonnes |
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| Abstract | | | | A UN report claims that water not oil, will be the next causeover which nations will go to war. The report (which is never cited in the article) that about 1 billion people currently lack access to clean drinking water. Cites this as the reason for mass
migrations from Burkina Faso in Africa, widespread deforestation in that country, and poorly maintained wells and other water sources. "Hostility and conflict between countries over water resources is most likely in those areas in which a river is shared
by at least two countries... examples of such hot spots include the Ganges, the Nile, the Jordan, the Tigris-Euphrates and Amu
Dar'ya and Syr Dar'ya." (According to UN sources this catalogger consulted, The UN report referred to was probably issued shortly before or after the "Habitat II" UNCHS conference in Istanbul, June 1996.) |
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| URL: | | | | http://www.gn.apc.org/resurgence/articles/bjonnes.htm |
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