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Международная конференция по деградации почв и опустыниванию - Russian
URL: http://fadr.msu.ru/desert/aboutdess.html

отбирается фильтрами: Ресурсы Интернет, Публикации

Сайт конференции содержит большое количество материалов, ссылки, информационные письма на конференцию.

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Опустынивание - Russian
URL: http://www.nsu.ru/community/nature/russian/books/Step-1/step-2.htm

отбирается фильтрами: Ресурсы Интернет

Ресурс содержит конвенцию ООН по борьбе с опустыниванием и засухой, а также само определение опустынивания как деградации почвы.

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

отбирается фильтрами: Ресурсы Интернет

Часть большого труда, рассказывающего об экологических бедствиях. Глава 12 полностью посвящена борьбе с опустыниванием и засухой.

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

отбирается фильтрами: Персоналии, Организации, Справочники и указатели, Публикации

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

отбирается фильтрами: Публикации

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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FAO Web site on desertification
URL: http://www.fao.org/desertification/default.asp?lang=en

The Web site contains technical and scientific data and information, available at FAO, as well as links to a number of highly informative Web sites on desertification. The information provided in this site represents a significant share of the FAO knowledge and expertise on sustainable development and drylands management.

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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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Sahara and the Sahel Observatory
URL: http://www.unesco.org/oss/sid_dis.htm

The OSS is an international association whose mission is to serve as a mechanism for liaison and an international forum for partnership and consultation. It is composed of legal entities devoted to drought and desertification control and to the development of the arid and semi-arid zones of the African continent. It is called, hereinafter, the Sahara and Sahel Observatory or OSS.

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Desertification Around the World - English
URL: http://environment.about.com/culture/environment/msubdes1.htm

Links to articles and sites dealing with the issue of desertification.

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International Arid Lands Consortium - English
URL: http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/IALC/Home.html

Mission is to transform arid lands into more habitable environments to advance the well-being of their people.

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MEDALUS III - English
URL: http://www.medalus.leeds.ac.uk/index.html

MEDALUS III is an international research project to investigate the effects of desertification on land use in Mediterranean Europe. It is funded by the Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General XII for Science, Research and Development under its Environment Programme.

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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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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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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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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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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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International NGO Network on Desertification and Drought (RIOD) - 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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Desertification - English
URL: http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/des/deshome.htm

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development - WordPerfect document (370kb); Financing Anti-Desertification Programmes - WordPerfect document (265 kb); Bibliography (575Kb) of world desertification.

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