United Nations Environment Programme

Contains data as of Nov. 1979-

Desertification is the degradation of productive drylands, including the Savannas of Africa, the Great Plains and the Pampas of the Americas, the Steppes of Asia, and the 'outback' of Australia and the margins of the Mediterranean. Section 1: Global ; Section 2: Africa ; Section 3: new section presents the latest assessment of South and South-East Asia ; and Section 4: new section covers issues including linkages with poverty, biodiversity, global...