Chapter 4: State and Trends of the World’s Deserts

NAVONE, S. AND E. ABRAHAM (LEAD AUTHORS), M. BARGIELA, D. DENT, C. ESPOZ-ALSINA, A. MAGGI, E. MONTANA, S. MORRISON, G. PASTOR, H. ROSATTO, M. SALOMÓN, D. SORIA, L. TORRES (COLLABORATING AUTHORS).

Global Deserts Outlook

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Lugar: Nairobi, Kenya; Año: 2006; p. 73 - 88

Chapter four of the “Global Deserts Outlook” provides an update experts’ view on the status and outlook on world deserts and to enlighten both political decision makers, interested professionals, and environmentally devoted general public about the development potentials and conservation needs of these very fragile environments. Improve understanding of deserts and causes and effects of desertification. It brings information on world deserts ecology, historical context, location, extent, as well as on deserts` fragile ecologies and the unique biota and their adaptations. This chapter presents a panorama of the environmental status on the World deserts: their extent, location, uniqueness, vulnerability, the status of their natural resources, the trends of degradation related to land use and their impacts. Responses to land degradation are discussed at multiple levels.