Desertification and drought - extent and consequences proposal for a participatory approach to combat desertification


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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.


Contents


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

Underlying principles