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What causes deserts to advance? How helpless is man faced with the ravages of desertification?These are only two of the disquieting questions raised in this issue Today we still know relatively little about deserts how they are created,and the roles that man and climate respectively play in their spread. To have a global evaluation of the problem and to initiate a programme of action…

The changing climate is no longer an abstract issue, and the realities of its impacts are being felt across the globe. Climate change is affecting millions of people, and thwarting their efforts to escape poverty. Against this harsh reality, it will be imperative to speed up the integration of climate risk considerations into policy, in order to ensure that development proceeds…

This paper analyzes the vicious spiral between climate change impacts, ecosystem degradation and increased risk of climaterelated disasters; secondly, it defines the central role of ecosystem management in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and their multifaceted linkages; and thirdly, it assesses the challenges for enhanced ecosystem management for climate change…

More than190 countries gathered in Rio de Janeiro during 20–22 June 2012 for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and charted a pathway of expectant hope for the future of people and our planet. During the meetings, representatives from around the world agreed that the recent global crisis shows old-fashioned views about development which are misleading and it is now time to…