The reasons for loss of credibility are first scientism and evasion, which feed oversimplification and confusion as the primary reasons. A case study from central Sudan is used to illustrate of these issues. Credibility has drained away with the deflection of focus from matters that are patently “ desertification” ; and with the deployment of confusing science. The choice to emphasize land degradation was the crucial misjudgement. Land degradation is very difficult to assess, and is anyway seldom the critical issue in dryland management. Evidence is then given for seven types of desertification, in two categories, all of which, on the contrary, are measurable and demonstrably important constraints on drylands production. The “ local” issues...
Desertification affects more than 900 million people in 100 countries and in some, including many in...
Desertification constitutes a serious potential threat to the future of world food production - but ...
The recent dry spells in North Africa during the period 1968–1986 were characterised by their sudden...
Desertification is defined as land degradation occurring in the global drylands. It is one of the gl...
Among policy institutions, researchers in other fields, and the public, there is an enduring misunde...
International audienceAmong policy institutions, researchers in other fields, and the public, there ...
Desertification is a condition of human-induced land degradation that occurs in arid, semiarid and d...
Since the United Nations General Assembly passed two resolutions in December 1974, the term "deserti...
Definitions of desertification have been numerous and the subject of hot debate. The definition prop...
It is no secret that the fight against desertification isn\u27t going well. In the two decades since...
The word “desertification ” was introduced in 1949 by the French scientist Aubreville in his report ...
The word “desertification” was introduced in 1949 by the French scientist Aubreville in his report “...
The Threatening Desert looks at the nature, causes and extent of desertification; describes ways by ...
The dominant direct physical processes responsible for desertification are water erosion, wind erosi...
Desertification is a term associated with land degradation in drylands, and is presumed to result in...
Desertification affects more than 900 million people in 100 countries and in some, including many in...
Desertification constitutes a serious potential threat to the future of world food production - but ...
The recent dry spells in North Africa during the period 1968–1986 were characterised by their sudden...
Desertification is defined as land degradation occurring in the global drylands. It is one of the gl...
Among policy institutions, researchers in other fields, and the public, there is an enduring misunde...
International audienceAmong policy institutions, researchers in other fields, and the public, there ...
Desertification is a condition of human-induced land degradation that occurs in arid, semiarid and d...
Since the United Nations General Assembly passed two resolutions in December 1974, the term "deserti...
Definitions of desertification have been numerous and the subject of hot debate. The definition prop...
It is no secret that the fight against desertification isn\u27t going well. In the two decades since...
The word “desertification ” was introduced in 1949 by the French scientist Aubreville in his report ...
The word “desertification” was introduced in 1949 by the French scientist Aubreville in his report “...
The Threatening Desert looks at the nature, causes and extent of desertification; describes ways by ...
The dominant direct physical processes responsible for desertification are water erosion, wind erosi...
Desertification is a term associated with land degradation in drylands, and is presumed to result in...
Desertification affects more than 900 million people in 100 countries and in some, including many in...
Desertification constitutes a serious potential threat to the future of world food production - but ...
The recent dry spells in North Africa during the period 1968–1986 were characterised by their sudden...