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Problems And Prospects Desertification of Desertification Control in the ESCAP Region
Desertification has always been one of the major environmental problems of the developing countries in Asia as well as Australia. To focus world attention on this serious... -
A Preliminary Analysis of Climatological Data from the Marsabit District of...
The Integrated Project in Arid Lands (IPAL) was established jointly by UNEP and UNESCO in 1976 with the aim of finding direct solutions to the most urgent environmental problems... -
Combating Global Climate Change by Combating Land Degradation: Proceedings...
An International Workshop was held to consider land degradation in drylands and its management, particularly as it relates to carbon management as a means to combat global... -
Combating Desertification Through Integrated Development - International...
This volume includes abstracts of papers presented at the International Scientific Symposium held under the aegis of the UNEP/USSR Project "Combating Desertification through... -
The Effects of Large Carnivores on Livestock and Animal Husbandry in...
The objectives of this study were: - to describe predation by wild carnivores on livestock of the nomadic tribes in the Mt Kulal area, northern Kenya; - to describe the... -
The Global Environment Monitoring System: Selected Works on Ecological...
This paper gives a brief description of ecological monitoring - what it is, how it works, what results it produces and what it costs. -
The National Plan of Action to Combat Desertification in Bahrain
A team of consultants and National experts was commissioned by UNEP-ROWA to prepare a National Plan of Action to Combat Desertification (NPACD) for the State of Bahrain. -
Inventory and Monitoring of Sahelian Pastoral Ecosystems: Senegal - GEMS...
The report gives a concise account of the research carried out in Senegal from 1980 to 1984 on the inventory and monitoring of Sahelian grazing ecosystems. The method used is... -
Inventory and Monitoring of Sahelian Ecosystems Annex 3: Use of Light...
This manual introduces the concept of using light aircraft for ecological monitoring, and briefly discusses various techniques other than that of the systematic low—level... -
Inventory and Monitoring of Sahelian Pastoral Ecosystems Annex 4: Sampling...
The present document, the fourth in the series, is divided into two parts. The first part of this report defines terms used in vegetation sampling, and discusses both the... -
Inventory and Monitoring of Sahelian Pastoral Ecosystems Annex 2: Rainfall...
The present document, the second in the series, describes the climatic context of the rainfall in the test region, presents the long—term rainfall data of the area, and examines... -
Report on Non-governmental Organization activities on Environmental Issues...
This document presents an overview of NGO activities in seven of the eight subject areas to be considered at the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Programme's... -
Inventory and Monitoring of Sahelian Pastoral Ecosystems Annex 1:...
Demonstration and assessment in the context of West Africa of the recommended GEMS methodologies for the inventory and monitoring of Sahelian rangeland ecosystems. Provision of... -
Inventory and Monitoring of Sahelian Pastoral Ecosystems Annex 7: Woody...
The present document, the seventh in the series, reviews the status and trend of the woody plant cover in the Sahel. The history of the climate of the Sahel is used to place the... -
Inventory and Monitoring of Sahelian Pastoral Ecosystems Annex 5: Monitoring...
The present document, the fifth in the series, examines the use of radiometers in the estimation of primary production in sahelian pastures, based an the Project's results. It... -
Colonizacion de los Territorios Aridos y Lucha Contra la Desertificacion:...
La catáslrofe, vinculada con la primera fase de Ia sequia en la region de Sahel-Sudán en los años 1968-1973, impulsó a Ia comunidad mundial a examinar el estado de los... -
Internship Project On the Land Use Policies and Land Tenure In the Arid and...
This project on land use policy and land tenure in the and and semi-arid countries of post-independence Africa has spanned the course of just under six weeks.We have compiled... -
Can Desert Encroachment Be Stopped? A Study with Emphasis on Africa -...
This volume in the series Ecological Bulletins deals with the ecological and social problems of desert encroachment. It puts man and his activities into an ecological con- text... -
Desertification Control in Africa: Actions and Directory of Institutions Volume I
One of the programme objectives of the UNEP Desertification Control Programme Activity Centre since its establishment as the Desertification Branch in early 1978 has been to... -
Amenagement écologique des paturages arides et semi-arides d'Afrique, du...
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