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Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management
… densities of the drylands and as a result face particular degradation challenges. • Where potential evapotranspiration … rainfall can be lost through evaporation from the dry soil surface, particularly when infiltration rates are low or … cover, including in terms of biodiversity, or through soil sealing). Molden and Oweis (2007) state that as much as …
Desertification - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… deserts. The Convention defines desertification as, “land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas … and poor land-use planning. Such human activities degrade soil fertility and other useful components, loosen soil structure and reduce vegetation cover, thereby exposing …