… and assessment of desertification and land degradation’ (a) land degradation is qualified
as … is that of desertification, and (b) though the risk of land degradation and desertification is …

… Abstract Desertification, a phenomenon referring to land degradation in arid, semi-arid and
… The principal aim of this study was to explore the impacts of desertification, degradation and …

… Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) … land degradation and desertification (LDD)
and calls for the use of local and regional LUP to combat LDD and achieve land degradation …

… of land degradation processes it is essentially a geographical subject matter. In this paper,
land degradation … However, land degradation can result from both physico-geographical and …

Land degradation and desertification issues are now milestone pillars of the international …
Problems are exacerbated when land degradation, mostly a humaninduced process is …

… It can be definitely assessed that there will be a risk of desertification only after combining …
assessment of land degradation and desertification risk in areas prone to desertification using …

… degradation is a severe limitation for its monitoring. Assessment of the current state of land
degradation or desertification … a new approach for land degradation assessment, based on its …

… Desertification (UNCCD), ratified by 195 countries, identifies land degradation and desertification
… target of “zero net land degradation”, whereby the rate of deteriorating lands would be …

… In this book, desertification and land degradation are treated holistically from a systems
perspective. By definition they are caused by human activities in the past and present, such as …

… the terms desertification, land degradation, and … that land degradation and desertification
were often used interchangeably. Strictly speaking, desertification refers to land degradation in …