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T1 World Atlas of Desertification
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 desertification
K1 drought
K1 land degradation
K1 sustainable development
K1 soil degradation
K1 water erosion
K1 wind erosion
K1 chemical degradation
K1 climate zone
K1 dryland
K1 soil erosion
K1 case study
K1 Africa
K1 Syrian Arab Republic
K1 China
K1 Mali
K1 Tunisia
PB Edward Arnold
SN 0-340-55512-2
YR 1992
FD 1992
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42137
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42137
NO This atlas represents the current stage of our understanding of desertification, its extent and its possible solutions. One of the clearest ways to depict a global problem is to show it in an atlas. If it is true that one picture tells a thousand words, it is probably also true that one map of a global situation tells many more than a thousand words. The atlas is structured in three parts, dealing with global, continental and national/local situations. Different countries have taken different approaches in assessing the extent of desertification. Their surveys provide greater detail of the problem at a national or local scale, and give illuminating insights into both the scale of desertification, and its various forms. This difference of approach has demanded a thematic approach for the atlas.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026