Desertification

Desertification is a dynamic process where viable soil becomes degraded land typically resulting from human activities such as deforestation, inappropriate agriculture, or simply due to due climatic variations like drought. Desertification occurs globally in a variety of regions, yet not all regions are alike, thus different forces that may be responsible for desertification. For example, in a region like Africa there are huge atmospheric cycles that occur near the equator that pushes dry air towards

It is widely recognized that desertification is a serious peril to dryland and semi-dryland environments, which cover approximately 40% of the global land surface and populate millions of humans. The global drylands face an innumerable amount of problems that present tough and perplexing research, management and policy challenges. Desertification is the degradation of grasslands, savannas, and woodlands to a more desert-like condition, with resulting decrease in plant production and the land's ability

Introduction Desertification is the development of desert-like conditions in regions that have experienced human disturbance (Laura, n.d.). Drought, growing population and war are factors affecting desertification. They have their tremendous impacts; however, they can be solved. Causes Drought is one of the most related factors to desertification. It is defined as a long period of time when there is little or no rain. Drought can be caused by not receiving rain over a period of time. This is because

Background: Desertification is the degradation of land and soil in dryland ecosystems caused by both the climate and human activities. In the year 2000, one third of the population of the earth dwelled in dryland ecosystems, and drylands are 41% of world’s land. The effect of desertification is massive because of the amount of people that live in affected areas. Drylands facilitate 44% of the food production in the world and 50% of livestock, so these ecosystems are a very important source of resources

The desertification of Sahel is causing devastating environmental issue in Africa. Desertification is the process of how fertile land becomes desert. This is usually cause by drought, deforestation, or poor agriculture planning. If it is overgrazed fields, or even the increase of wood needed to burn, human interaction has helped advance the expansion of desertification. The area currently surrounding Khartoum, Sudan was once covered in small forests, but because of the increasing need for farm land

felt most of the effects of drought in our bank accounts with increasing water rates, the central valley has felt the effects in another way – the process of desertification. The process has caused major concern for many in the agricultural community but has moreover led to a widespread concern for much of the developing world. Desertification is a global environmental problem that the textbook Principles of Environmental Science: Inquiry and Applications,written by William P. Cunningham and Mary

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was ratified in 1996. It is a multilateral agreement which was made to address desertification. Desertification is defined as “the land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, generally known as ‘drylands’ ”. Many African states believed their sustainable development was being obstructed due to issues such as poverty, and food insecurity and were not being given necessary attention by the international political community

The Measurements of Desertification “Drought and desertification threaten the livelihood of over one billion people in more than 110 countries” warned general Kofi in 2001 (Kovach,2003). Desertifications definition is highly disputed but it is generally the shift of arid or semi-arid regions to desert-like conditions, which support: little vegetation, a low soil fertility and high evaporation rates (Haggett, 2001). This work will overlook how deserts are measured by

Desertification is defined by the UN as the “persistent degradation of dryland ecosystems by human activities, including unsustainable farming, mining, overgrazing and clear-cutting of land and by climate change” (“Desertification”). Desertification can also be defined as a process that reduces biological productivity and the intensification of desert conditions (Hellden 372). Although less publicized, desertification is an issue that requires international cooperation as the victims of drought,

Desertification is the spread of the desert where a forest or other vegetation used to be. It became very well known in the early 1930’s. There are hundreds of factors that contribute to the causes of Desertification. One of the main causes, although nature also plays a big part, is the human race. Some of the wildlife in the area where the Desertification is taking place can cause the death of a thousands of animals. There is a type of plant that the people of all nations are planting when they