...to Combat Desertification (in 1994), was a bland political catch-all. It defined desertification as 'land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry subhumid...including climatic variations and human activities' (N. Robinson 1993). Without a clear definition, it is perhaps not surprising that past scientific measurements...

...threaten biodiversity. The CCD defines desertification as "land degradation in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities". Although the CCD is the only international agreement which directly addresses the issue of desertification...

...of land degradation in the drylands of northern Africa. Desertification has been formally defined as land degradation in arid, semiarid, and dry sub-humid...including climatic variations and human activities' (Williams and Balling 1996, p. 9). These drylands are regions of the world where the ratio of annual...

...the Convention to Combat Desertification 1992 (CCD) (United Nations, 1996) 'desertification' means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry subhumid...including climatic variations and human activities (Article 1). There has been a good response to the objective to prevent and or reduce land degradation,...

...community is often called upon to combat these problems. Under the CCD 150 "desertification" means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid...including climatic variations and human activities (Article 1). The CCD acknowledges that arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas together account for...

...Conference on Environment and Development that was held in Rio de Janeiro, defined desertification as land degradation in arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid...including climatic variations and human activities. These definitions of desertification focus on degradation and economic decline in arid and semiarid...

...comparable time periods."); 1994 Desertification Convention , Article l(a) ("'desertification' means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid...including climatic variations and human activities."). 115 The term environmental space reflects the idea that there are limits to the amount of environmental...

...of the trees: the younger the trees, the larger the net absorption. 3. Desertification is defined as land degradation in arid, semi-arid, and dry subhumid...including climatic variations and human activities (FAO, 1998, p. 39). loss of forests not only increases the surface water flows that erode soil and...

...'desertification1. Under the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, the latter term is defined explicitly as 'land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid...various factors, including climatic variations and human activities1. According to the above definition, hyperarid lands (true deserts) are not susceptible...

...pressing issues affecting human kind. UNEP (1992) developed a common definition of desertification as 'land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry subhumid...resulting from various factors including climatic variability and human activities'. Land degradation was seen as 'the reduction or loss of the biological...