...Mearns (2001); Mearns (2002). 18. See Munn, Whyte, and Timmerman (2000). Desertification is defined as land degradation in arid, semi-arid, and dry subhumid areas resulting from various factors, including climate variations and human activities. 19. National Research Council (1999). 20. UNDP (1997). 21....

...conditions, very often worsened by unsustainable economic development, the Convention adopted a definition of desertification: "Land degradation in arid, semiarid...including climatic variations and human activities." Land degradation means loss of biological and/or economic productivity and biodiversity in croplands,...

..."desertification", as defined by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) as "land degradation in arid, semiarid and dry subhumid...including climatic variations and human activities" (UNCCD, 1994). "Desertization" expresses the néo-formation of real deserts. A number of bodies and...

...formal definition of desertification adopted by the United Nations Convention on Desertification is "land degradation in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid...including climatic variations and human activities." Inclusion of climatic variation in the definition itself shows the influence of climate change in desertification....

...interests of a single state. M. Protection of the soil and biodiversity Desertification (defined as "land degradation in arid, semiarid and dry sub-humid...resulting from various factors, including climatic variation and human activities") and protection of the earth's forests are two important problems that...

...are described as desertification. Since the Rio earth summit in 1992, desertification is defined as 'land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, 93 A. Marquina (ed.). Environmental Challenges in the Mediterranean 2000-2050, 93-108. © 2004 Khmer...

..."desertification" was defined by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in 1994 as "land degradation in arid, semiarid and dry subhumid...including climatic variations and human activities". In the last few years several studies have shown that a quarter of the Earth's land is threatened by...

...INTRODUCTION Article 1 Use of terms For the purposes of this Convention: (a) "desertification" means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid...including climatic variations and human activities; (b) "combating desertification" includes activities which are part of the integrated development of...

...protection, the problem of desertification, on June 1 7, 1994. The Convention defines desertification as land degradation in arid, semiarid and dry sub-humid...including climatic variations and human activities. To combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought in the affected countries, the Convention...

...conservation. Reading Material Dot Note Desertification'''means land degradation in arid'2', semi arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors,...including climatic variations and human activities. Modern desertification arises from the demands of increased populations that settle on the land in...