The threatening desert (Record no. 726)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781849710145
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 333.736GRA
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Grainger, Alan.
245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The threatening desert
Remainder of title controlling desertification
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Sterling
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Earthscan
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2009
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 357p.:ill.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "In association with United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi."
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Lands lost to desert may effectively be lost for ever, so desertification is humanity's most obvious despoliation to the planet. It is certainly one of the most serious environmental problems facing the world today. In this book the author describes what is happening and where. Although the problem is greatest in developing countries, it is by no means confined to them. Australia, Africa, the USA and India are all affected. In the 1970s an international Plan of Action was drawn up to bring the phenomenon under control, but it was never implemented. Now that the situation is more serious than ever before, this book urges new action and describes many of the myriad ways in which it is possible to arrest the progress of desertification. It describes, too, not just the failures, but the considerable successes that have been achieved. Originally published in 1990
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Desertification -Control.
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        UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 01/17/2025   333.736GRA 000727 01/31/2025 01/17/2025 Book