Desertification
Desertification (in the Human Development Area)
In this context, Desertification means: transformation of arid and semiarid land into desert, generally due to overgrazing, deforestation, poor irrigation and tilling practices, climate change, or a combination of these factors.
Desertification
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on desertification explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.
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See Also
- International Environmental Law
- Environmental Law Violations
- Pollution
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Policy
- Disaster
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Further Reading
- The entry “desertification” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press
Hierarchical Display of Desertification
Environment > Deterioration of the environment > Degradation of the environment
Environment > Natural environment > Geophysical environment > Desert
Geography > Africa > Sub-Saharan Africa > Sahel
Environment > Deterioration of the environment > Pollution > Acidification
Desertification
Concept of Desertification
See the dictionary definition of Desertification.
Characteristics of Desertification
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Translation of Desertification
- Spanish: Desertización
- French: Désertification
- German: Desertifikation
- Italian: Desertificazione
- Portuguese: Desertificação
- Polish: Dezertyfikacja
Thesaurus of Desertification
Environment > Deterioration of the environment > Degradation of the environment > Desertification
Environment > Natural environment > Geophysical environment > Desert > Desertification
Geography > Africa > Sub-Saharan Africa > Sahel > Desertification
Environment > Deterioration of the environment > Pollution > Acidification > Desertification
See also
- Salinisation