Sites

Le site web de la FAO sur la desertification
URL: http://www.fao.org/desertification/default.asp?lang=en

Le site web contient des donnees techniques et scientifiques et des informations, disponibles r la FAO, ainsi que des liens vers d'autres sites web trcs instructifs sur la desertification. Les informations fournies sur ce site representent une grande part des connaissances et de l’expertise de la FAO sur le developpement durable et la gestion des regions scches.

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L’Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel
URL: http://www.unesco.org/oss/sid_dis.htm

OSS est une organisation internationale dont la mission est d’etre un outil de liaison et un cadre international de partenariat et de concertation. Elle est composee de personnes morales se consacrant a la lutte contre la secheresse et la desertification et au developpement des zones arides et semi-arides du continent africain.

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Desertification in Iceland - English
URL: http://www.rala.is/desert/

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A research project on soil erosion and land degradation in Iceland. Icelandic soils and soil cover, results of survey, conservation program, remedies, bibliography, project personnel.

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Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation - English
URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/15324982.html

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A journal for fundamental and applied research on soils affected by aridity. Arid land ecology, including flora and fauna, soil chemistry, biology, physics, and other edaphic aspects. Information for authors, contents, ordering details, and more.

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Web Resources on Desertification - English
URL: http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/aln40/WebResources.html

Annotated list of web resources on desertification, published in Arid Lands Newsletter No. 40, fall/winter 1996. Links published in this list are periodically checked and updated although new links are not added.

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Desertification and Drought - English
URL: http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/IALC/links/desert.html

Hot links to sites relating to desertification from International Arid Lands Consortium.

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Ìåæäóíàðîäíàÿ êîíôåðåíöèÿ ïî äåãðàäàöèè ïî÷â è îïóñòûíèâàíèþ - Russian
URL: http://fadr.msu.ru/desert/aboutdess.html

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Ñàéò êîíôåðåíöèè ñîäåðæèò áîëüøîå êîëè÷åñòâî ìàòåðèàëîâ, ññûëêè, èíôîðìàöèîííûå ïèñüìà íà êîíôåðåíöèþ.

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Agenda 21 - Russian
URL: http://www.ecoline.ru/agenda21/PART2/CH12D.HTM

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×àñòü áîëüøîãî òðóäà, ðàññêàçûâàþùåãî îá ýêîëîãè÷åñêèõ áåäñòâèÿõ. Ãëàâà 12 ïîëíîñòüþ ïîñâÿùåíà áîðüáå ñ îïóñòûíèâàíèåì è çàñóõîé.

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Convention to Combat Desertification - English
URL: http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/desert.html

Delegates to the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development recommended the establishment of an intergovernmental negotiating committee for the elaboration of an international convention to combat desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa (INCD).

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Somalia Environmental Protection and Anti-desertification Organisation - English
URL: http://members.tripod.com/~sepado/

SEPADO is legally constituted and registered as voluntary Non-governmental Organisation, formed during the summer of 1996 to combat environmental problems of the war-torn Somalia.

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Reseau International d'ONG sur la Desertification - English
URL: http://riod.utando.com/

RIOD is a network that was set up in November 1994 by the NGOs that were involved in the negotiations towards the Convention to Combat Desertification. The establishment of the network is based on the view that through exchange of information, experiences and ideas NGOs and CBOs (Community Based Organisations) will be more effective in their efforts to fight against desertification.

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Mediterranean Land Degradation: its problems and its cures - English
URL: http://www.frw.ruu.nl/fg/demon.html

Mediteranean land degradation is a severe threat to the landscapes of the Mediterranean countries. Land degradation is often caused by mismanagement of land and water resources and expresses itself by processes such as soil erosion, soil surface crusting, forest fires and/or impoverishment of the vegetation. An ever increasing pressure due to tourism, a growing water consumption by agriculture and tourism and a growing mechanization of the agricultural practices stimulate land degradation.

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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification - English
URL: http://www.unccd.ch/

The Convention offers new hope in the struggle against desertification. Over the past two decades, the problem of land degradation in dryland regions has continued to worsen. The Convention promotes a fresh new approach to managing dryland ecosystems and - just as important - to managing development aid flows.

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Office to Combat Desertification and Drought - English
URL: http://www.undp.org/seed/unso/

The UNSO, created in 1973 in response to the drought in the Sahel region in 1973, is part of the United Nations Development Programme and responsible for promoting sound dryland management and development as well as drought preparedness and mitigation.

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The Sahil Greenbelt Project: A Large-Scale Desert Greening Project - English
URL: http://www.kubota.co.jp/eng/problem/earth/earth3.html

The Sahil region has a long tradition of livestock rearing and, in some places, crop production, but its very existence is now threatened by the Sahara Desert, which each year is moving southward at a rate of several kilometers and increasing in size by 1.5 million hectares. This makes the prevention of desertification a truly urgent issue.

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Desertification: 130 million hectares of land lost for ever - English
URL: http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/oct/desertification.html

Worldwide nearly 130 million hectares - about the land area of France, Italy and Spain combined - are 'lost' for ever due to degradation and can no longer be used for food production, according to the new World Atlas of Desertification.

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