Drought and desertification
A comprehensive approach to addressing drought and desertification in Nigeria
... identified desertification as a global threat to environmental ...existed, desertification on the other hand implies the rapid spread of the degradation of vast land and its productivity throughout the ...
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Drought and desertification in Moroccan Pre-Sahara, Draa valleys: exploring from the perspective of young people
... of drought and the overuse of water due to human ...(2005), drought is among the most im- portant processes resulting in ...desertification. Drought and desertification are the major ...
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Spatial indicators for desertification in southeast Vietnam
... cause drought and desertification is a prerequisite to the further establishment of a monitoring and assessment system to support decision- making on land and water ...
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Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the Community, of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. COM (97) 410 final, 25 July 1997
... international cooperation and partnership in combating desertification and mitigating the effects of drought, Recognizing further the importance of the provision to affecte~ developing c[r] ...
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Temporalities in security: Long-term sustainability, the everyday and the emergent in the Anthropocene
... by drought, desertification and migration - this chapter seeks to reflect upon and explore the conceptual implications for historical time and temporalisations prompted by the ...
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Principal Longevity, Leadership Behaviors, and Student Academic Achievement
... reduce drought impacts it is important to avoid most commonly used reactive (crisis management) and promote proactive (risk management) approach (Wilhite ...Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and other United ...
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Assessment of Land Degradation and Desertification with Use of IMDPA Model (Case Study; Chah-hashm Plain, Iran)
... and desertification in this region than climate criteria with ...the drought index is more effective in land degradation of this area with ...continuing drought index with ...in ...
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GIS-Based Monitoring and Ewss of Desertification (Case Study; Southeastern of Iran)
... 2006). Desertification is regarded as one of the most serious social–economic–environmental issues in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas (Sepehr and zucca, ...assess desertification which many regional ...
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Climate Change-Induced Displacement: Drivers, Challenges and Mitigation Measures
... Abstract: Large population displacements are now commonly presented as one of the most challenges of climate change. Recent forecasts and projections show areas that would be affected by such population movements are ...
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Assessment and Mapping of Environmentally Sensitive Areas to Desertification Using New Techniques in The North Delta Region of Egypt
... risk and the degree of erosion protection, cover and drought resistance. Finally, the management quality index (MQI) is calculated based on land use and management practices. The value of each parameter is ...
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Can Biochar Couple with Algae to Deal with Desertification?
... ochar, such as high surface area and porosity and high water holding capacities are also likely to improve the ability of the soil to absorb, and possibly slowly release water and organic mattersor nutrients [17]. ...
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Modeling the contributing factors of desertification and evaluating their relationships to the soil degradation process through geomatic techniques
... 1994). Desertification is generally perceived as a “slow” haz- ard in semiarid regions, initially induced by climatic factors, and becoming accelerated when combined with human ac- tions (population pressure, ...
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Assessment of drought characteristics for Dhasan basin in Bundelkhand region
... This study has been carried out in Dhasan basin (up to Patan village) with a catchment area of 2054.39 sq. km, which falls in drought prone region of Bundelkhand (Madhya Pradesh) to understand and quantify the ...
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The antioxidative response of two tomato species with different drought tolerances as a result of drought and cadmium stress combinations
... Drought is one of the most widespread en- vironmental stresses and affects almost all the plant functions (Yamaguchi-Shinozaki et al. 2002). Drought stress and other physiological stresses cause oxidative ...
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Monitoring droughts in Eswatini: A spatiotemporal variability analysis using the Standard Precipitation Index
... of drought is of great importance to Eswatini as the country has been facing recurring droughts with negative impacts on agriculture, the environment and the ...severe drought in over 35 years, resulting in ...
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Monitoring An Experimental Field Through A WebMapping Technology
... In order to efficiently combat soil degradation and desertification in Ngaoundere-Cameroon, an ecological approach called ReviTec® was established through an experimental demonstration site. In the light of the ...
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Desertification. The Courier No. 172, November/December 1998
... SECTOR CODE DESCRIPTION AAz AAa AAb AAc AAd AAe AAf AAg AAi ABz ABa ABai ABb ABc ABd ABe ABf Planning and public administration Administrative buildings Economic planning and policy Assi[r] ...
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Effects of Climate Change and Drought-Stress on Plant Physiology
... wilting drought compared with a subtle change under mDr In Arabidopsis, more than 50% of the photosynthate is stored as starch (Zeeman and Rees, ...both drought treatments on starch biosynthesis and ...
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Hydrological drought analysis using SDI index in Halilrud basin of Iran
... area. Drought affects man’s economic activities, lives and various elements of the environment such as the earth’s ...of drought is impossible to ...interest, drought is characterized as ...
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Delving deeper into technological innovations to understand differences in rice quality
... more drought events, higher temperatures (Peng et ...for drought tolerance for varieties grown in conditions of water scarcity or drought (Kumar et ...
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