Poverty is one of the causes as well as a consequence of desertification. Recent assessments showing that poverty eradication is lagging most in the arid areas suggest that it is not only ...

The Mediterranean region, the eastern US, southern Australia, and much of southern Africa are some of the areas at greatest risk of desertification. South Sudan and Tanzania have the highest ...

China is one of the most affected nations ... term" to prevent "desert encroachment" on urban areas or fertile, arable land. China's desertification has been "primarily caused by human activities ...

Only when the last tree has died, the last river poisoned and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we can’t eat money – Chief Seattle Chief Seattle, a Red Indian chief could not ...

Groundwater & Surface Water The groundwater on the left is divided up into several more catchment areas than the surface water ... a lot of groundwater will be affected from the case of ...

"No doubt the desertification problem which affected the world in the past few ... was not confined to farming of such huge desert areas alone, but also enhancing the relationship of the UAE ...

Farmers in Fayoum, an area known for its olives, are some of the most severely hit by desertification. Shubek now lives off financial support from his sons who turned their backs on their father ...