Desertification control bulletin is an international bulletin published in six monthly intervals by UNEP to disseminate information and knowledge on desertification problems and to present news on the programmes, activities and achievements in the implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification around the world. ( The bulletin is ceased in 2000. UNCCD library collection has most of the issues published in the period 1987 - 2000). Electronic versions are not available, scanned copies are planned to be available online soon.
Contents: Desertification control bulletin No.16/1988
Ground water resources: The key to combating drought in Africa (Dr. Moid U.Ahmad)
Sustainable development of arid lands through irrigation (Asit K.Biswas)
Some agricultural considerations in the planning of runoff farming (Y.Orev)
Desert Encroachment (H.E.Dregne and C.J.Tucker)
The use of Landsat-based soil and vegetation survey and graphic information system to evaluate sites for monitoring desertification (Kevin J.Dalsted)
Dynamics of range plants and desertification monitoring in the Sudan(Mustafa M. Suliman)