Burns, W.S. (1995) The International convention to cambat desertification: Drawing a line in the sand? Working Paper. Pacific Center for International Studies , Madison, WI 53715, USA.
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Abstract
The process known as desertification,which can be broadly charactenzed as degradation of land, resulting In decreased productivity, is not a new phenomenon. 4200 years ago, the world's first empire, the Akkadian in Mesopotamia, collapsed after only a century of prosperity as a result of severe drought which induced desert-like conditions through out what is now Iraq, Syria and parts of Southern Turkey.In the sixth century B.C., Napta, the capital of the Kingdom of Kush was abandoned because of overgrazing by herds, resulting in erosion and advancement of the desert.' More recently, In the latter part of the 19th Century and early part of the 20th. desertification seriously denuded the productivity of large portions of rangelands in the United States and Australia
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Desertification; Sand; Agroclimatology; Agroecosystems; Global environment; Salanization, RP9563 |
| Author Affiliation: | Director Pacific Center for International Studies 33 University Square Suite 184 Madison, WI 53715 |
| Subjects: | Atmosperic Science Environmental Science |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 22 May 2014 10:21 |
| Last Modified: | 22 May 2014 10:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/13050 |
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