Desertification and drought - extent and consequences proposal for a participatory approach to combat desertification
SYMPOSIUM ON LAND DEGRADATION AND POVERTY
International Fund for Agricultural Development Directorate-General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy.
Presentation by
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome, Italy.
I. Desertification, drought and their consequences
Abstract
Features and factors of desertification and drought
Consequences at the local and national level
Consequences at the global level
II. The extent of desertification
III. An integrated participatory approach to
combating desertiflcation