UNU: Re-thinking Policies to Cope with Desertification

Director: Zafar Adeel
June 28, 2007

A policy brief based on the 2006 Joint International Conference: "Desertification and the International Policy Imperative." Desertification has emerged as an environmental crisis of global proportions. Recent evaluations clearly demonstrate there are no signs that it is abating on a global scale.

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