Desertification Climate Change Environment


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.








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Desertification* - FAO website on the topic, with technical and scientific data and information available at FAO, plus internet links. Site available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish languages.

  • Selected Internet Resources on Desertification - Information about intergovernmental organizations, national/regional activities,non-governmental organizations in the field environment of desertification. Also related reports/news/information sources.
  • Beijing's Desert Storm - Article and photos describe desertification in China, where the desert environment is on the move. With dunes already 75 kilometers from environment Beijing, environmentalists fear the sand could swallow the capital in environment a few years.
  • United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification - Provides access to the official documents maintained or received by environment the UNCCD Secretariat and is a general source of information environment on the topic of desertification for the interested public.
  • UN Convention to Combat Desertification Information Network - Objective is to provide information services on the climate change subject climate change of desertification. Background on the phenomenon, key climate change international documents, climate change and directory of organizations conducting work climate change in this area.
  • Land Degradation and Desertification - International Union of Soil Sciences working group site environment offers conference reports, technical papers and links to environment other organizations.
  • Desertification and Drought - Internet links to sites related to desertification, maintained by University climate change of Arizona.
  • Drylands: Bright Edges of the World - Smithsonian Institution electronic exhibit about deserts and other climate change arid and sub-humid environments, emphasizing desertification and other climate change degradation and its consequences.
  • First UN Convention to Combat Desertification - Purpose of meeting was to discuss the problem desertification of land degradation and to offer suggestions to desertification prevent this phenomena. Page includes list of desertification participating countries and their ideas. Took place desertification 29 September - 10 October 1997, Rome Italy.
  • Monitoring and Early Warning - Maps providing monthly updated, near real time, distributed climate change information on rainfall, actual evapotranspiration, radiation, drought and climate change desertification indices, and crop yield forecasts for Africa climate change and Europe. Includes methodology discussions and links climate change to
  • Web Resources on Desertification - Links to web sites providing information on desertification worldwide.
  • The Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification - Page includes summaries of daily discusses, which featured climate change concerned nations from around the world. Past climate change event took place in Dakar, Senegal.
  • The Sahara and the Sahel Observatory (OSS) - Details about mission, objectives and structure of OSS, environment an organization desertification striving to build up an African environment arena for cooperation and desertification exchange to combat desertification environment and poverty. Available in English and desertification Freanch.
  • Adaptive Strategies for Sustainable Livelihoods in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) Project - Description of ASALs Project in Africa, along with environment outputs, findings, climate change significance and bibliography.
  • MEDACTION: Policies for Land Use to Combat Desertification - Describes a decision support system for land management environment in Italy environment and Portugal. Features project description, bibliography environment and contact details.
  • Medalus - Programme on Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use - Information about international project, funded by the European environment Union, to environment investigate the effects of desertification on environment land use in Mediterranean environment Europe.


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