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GEO-2000 makes it clear that if present trends in population growth, economic growth and consumption patterns continue, the natural environment will be increasingly stressed. Distinct environmental gains and improvements will probably be offset by the pace and scale of global economic growth, increased global environmental pollution and accelerated degradation of the Earth’s renewable resource…

The fourth report in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) series from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) provides a comprehensive, scientifically credible, policy-relevant and up-to-date assessment of, and outlook for, the state of the global environment. GEO-4 is published 20 years after the landmark World Commission on Sustainable Developments Bruntland Report of 1987. Environment…

Sustainable development of drylands demands a multifaceted approach. It requires recognition that neither technical expertise not social skillls alone are enough. Accordingly the papers in these proceedings arranged in two volumes present many strategies from those to survival in deserts to rehabilitation of mined west lands in India and China.The unifying theme of all the five conferences to…

The goal of this conference is to promote research, knowledge and activities that will combat desertification and promote the health of the environment, with a specific focus on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Conference topics include: * Desert natural resources and their development * Drought and the combating of desertification * The role of man in the desert…

As the awareness of environmental problems increases, so too do the number of international rules and regulations to prevent them. To set up new rules, decision-makers need knowledge about the environmental issues addressed and therefore often consult experts. This dissertation is a case study of the negotiations of an international agreement to mitigate dryland degradation, the 1994…

Desertification is the consequence of a set of important processes which are active in arid and semi-arid environments, where water is the main limiting factor of land use performance in ecosystems. In the context of the EC MEDALUS (Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use), the focus here is primarily on European Mediterranean environments where physical loss of soil by water erosion, and the…