Authors: David A. Mouat, Charles F. Hutchinson
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-06 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Desertification has re-emerged as a topic of global significance as a consequence of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. When first addressed over a generation ago, attention was drawn to the compelling, spectacular images of sand dunes engulfing farmlands and parched cattle dying around wells. Research tended to