This book is about the ‘how’ of desertification control as opposed to an analysis of the ‘why’ and fills a gap in the desertification-related literature in that it shows what to do in situations ranging from fixing mobile sands to arresting accelerated soil erosion in sloping lands. There are numerous illustrations to show the successful techniques. This compilation demonstrates that desertification and land degradation can be controlled and reversed with existing techniques in such widely varying environments as the Sahel of Africa to Sri Lanka and the Philippines in SE Asia, from mountains in Lesotho to low lands on desert margins in Mongolia. Proven approaches include technical interventions, changes in governance and to the legislative framework and policy reform. The book fills a gap in the desertification-related literature in that it shows what to do in situations ranging from fixing mobile sands to arresting accelerated soil erosion in sloping lands.

Introduction to Deserts and Desertified Regions in China
Controlling Sand Movement Through Mechanical Measures: China’s Experience
Successful Biological Methods for Combating Desertification at Degraded Areas of China
Libya: Reversal of Land Degradation and Desertification Through Better Land Management
Desertification and Its Control in Morocco
Egypt: Land Degradation Issues with Special Reference to the Impact of Climate Change
Combating Desertification in Kenya
Lesotho: Desertification Control Program
Desert Environments of Republic of Chad
Desertification Control in Niger: The Medium Term Action Plan 2006–2011
Mongolia: Country Features, the Main Causes of Desertification and Remediation Efforts
Arid Land Development and Combating Desertification in Pakistan
Uzbekistan: Rehabilitation of Desert Rangelands Affected by Salinity, to Improve Food Security, Combat Desertification and Maintain the Natural Resource Base
Review of Efforts to Combat Desertification and Arrest and Reverse Land Degradation in Myanmar
The Philippines Action Plan to Combat Desertification, Land Degradation, Drought and Poverty
Managing Arid Areas and Sand Dunes in Sri Lanka
Indigenous Plant Species from the Drylands of Iran, Distribution and Potential for Habitat Maintenance and Repair
Soil and Water Conservation for Desertification Control in Iran
Land Degradation in the Sultanate of Oman: Reasons and Intervention Measures
Desert Development: How Does It Relate to Anti Desertification Measures?
Replication and Scaling Up: Where to from Here?