The encroaching desert /
Explains how humans have damaged soils all over the world thereby enabling deserts to encroach onto arable land.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Dryad,
1990.
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| Series: | Considering conservation.
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Table of Contents:
- Millions of years of deserts. Why should we worry about desertification? The empty supermarket. The Sahel, a complicated story of desertification. The build-up to a crisis. Crisis. Life and death decisions. Figures for thought. The encroaching desert. Different kinds of soil. Soil erosion. Erosion on our doorstep. Lands at risk. Overgrazing. The old grazing lands. Over-cultivation. People, crops and food. Poor irrigation. Tolerant plants. Soil and water conservation. Deforestation. Wood-fuel and cooking. Poisoning the earth. The Greenhouse effect. Cash for crops. The green revolution versus sustainable agriculture. International relations. Framework for the future. Your part in the partnership. Stories of famine in distant lands appear all too regularly in the news. But not many of us are aware of the real reasons why millions of people become unable to feed themselves. Presenting the latest facts in an easily accessible way, the author describes how we are in the process of destroying the productive soils which feed the whole world. He also explains the delicate balance of our environment and encourages the reader's personal involvement in helping to prevent the man-made and not entirely irreversible phenomenon of the Encroaching Desert.