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… explains why very harsh environ- ments such as the Sinai Desert, occupied by the world’s oldest continuously occupied … of the peninsula of Sinai, in the middle of the fabled desert wil- derness of the Exodus. The Protectorate is one of … archaeological sites are the ancient caravan routes and desert trails used since pre- historic times for trade and …

… The Lake Chad system is just south of the Sahara desert, with the majority of its water coming from the … Sahel XS NI RI Atlantic coast to the Nile, with the Sahara desert to the north and Chad to the south. Contains remnants … Emirates. The isolated population in Niger is the only desert dragonfly considered as threatened in western Africa. …

… borders of Hulunbuir grasslands and lakes, the Gobi desert reserves between China and Mongolia, the Karakoram …

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Case study 2 California Desert Protection Act, United States. . . . . . . . . . . . . … Publishing, Golden, Colorado. Case study 2 California Desert Protection Act, United States The California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-433) in the …

… to  the sub‐desert Sahelian savannahs  (Beudels‐Jamar et al.  … 1999). The Addax  is known as  the mist desert‐ loving  large  ungulate which  can  occur  in  areas  … routes move occur from north to south or from more arid desert to less arid sub‐desert and Sahel. In Central  …

… African states), in southern Africa (around the Kalahari Desert), across the Arabian Peninsula, the Tibetan plateau as … is situated in western Sudan and is mainly composed of desert scrub vegetation and ondulating sand dunes. The … of five km of sand dunes to halt expansion of the desert, construction of windbreaks to protect farms from soil …

… well as in the area between the highlands and the eastern desert; and the Badia, the desert areas in the east and south of the country, occupying … An inclusive definition joins together much of the desert, the steppe region and the highlands, thus identifying …

… tens of millions of native plants, well- suited to the desert environment, to be established across vast areas of … wintering and breeding water birds, had become a ‘saline desert’, with devastating impacts on biodiversity as well as … mangroves and dune systems had become a ‘saline desert’. The Delta had been an internationally important site …

… extending from the top of the Jordan Rift Valley down to desert lowlands. Dana is home to about 703 species of plants, … and 215 species of birds. While much of the area is arid desert or semi-desert, there are also important habitats of open woodland in …

… regions of the prairie provinces which had an arid desert-like climate with an average precipitation of only 28 … 97 appearance of the Bonneville Salt Flats and even hardy desert plants can no longer survive within it.242 This is no … agricultural land to rain-fed agricultural land (or simply desert)? Should such approval be provided under land tenure …