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Desertification, rangelands and water resources working group :

Catalog Source (منبع کتلاگ):

ACKU

Statement of responsibility:

Publication/Distribution (Imprint):

[Place of publication not identified] : [United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)], 2008.

Physical Description:

viii, 47 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.

Summary:

Summary: “Desertification is of major international concern. Globally it is estimated that 70 percent of the world’s dry lands (excluding very arid desert) or some 12 million square kilometers are already degraded, undermining the land’s productivity by adversely affecting the fertile topsoil, vegetation cover and crop production. As such, desertification contributes to dynamics that include poverty, famine, migration and large economic losses. More that 250 million of the earth’s inhabitants are directly affected by economic losses…”—(page iv).

Language:

English

Subjects--Topical Terms:

Forests
Afghanistan.
Deserts
Afghanistan.
Wild plants
Afghanistan.
Water management
Afghanistan.
Plants
Pictorial works.
Afghanistan

Subjects--Geographic Terms:

,Afghanistan -- description and travel.

LC Class. No:

Pamphlet SD235. / A38. / D474 2008

Source of Classification:

Library of Congress Classification / Monograph

Accession No:

3ACKU000390426

General Note:

Cover title.
“February, 2008”.
“GEF ; UNEP”—cover page.