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Combating Deserttification In Asia, Africa And The Middle East, Victor Roy Squires Dr

Victor Roy Squires Dr

The fight against land degradation in terrestrial ecosystems forms one of the most complex challenges with regard to the various global environmental problems. It is most intensively linked to human life quality and to current living conditions in the poorer countries of the drier biomes on earth. The concept of the combat of desertification, as rooted in the charter of the United Nations Convention to combat Desertification and Drought (UNCCD), can also be transferred to a wider sustainability agenda for the more humid ecosystems where accelerated land degradation, loss of biodiversity and vulnerability to climate change are emerging issues of …