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

NAVONE, S.; ABRAHAM; E; BARGIELA, M.; DENT, D.; ESPOZ -ALSINA C.; MAGGI, A.; MONTAÑA, E.; MORRISON, S.; PASTOR, G.; ROSATTO, H.; SALOMÓN, M; SORIA, D.; TORRES L.; ROIG F. A.; ROIG-JUÑENT, S.; MOVIA, C.; MASSAD, W.

Global Deserts Outlook.

UNEP

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

(All colaborative authors, are in alphabetical order) This chapter presents a panorama of the environmental status of 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.