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Physical Geography > Desertification
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Desertification Defined
Conversion of marginal rangeland or cropland to a more desert like land type. Desertification can be caused by overgrazing, soil erosion, prolonged drought, or climate change.
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- [2009-06-26] Spreading Desertificatio n Affecting Mediterranean, Group Says: Yale Environment 360 + http://en.cop1 5.dk/news/view +news?newsid=1 624
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- Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene: The atmosphere?s composition determines the Earth?s climate and habitability.
- China suspends reforestation project over food shortage fears | Environment | guardian.co.uk: Against the backdrop of rising global food prices, Chinese companies have bought the rights to farm swaths of land in the Philippines, Laos, Russia, and Kazakshstan. They have invested in biofuel crops in Zambia and the Congo. By one estimate there are now one million Chinese farmers in Africa.
- Africa: Desertificatio n Threatens 1 Billion People: Daily Trust (Nigeria) June 22, 2009
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- Kenya launches programme to fight desertificatio n: Africa Science News Service June 22, 2009
- UNEP?s Blue-Prints for Better Managed Drylands: African Science News Service June 20, 2009
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