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.17/1988
Report on the desert encroachment reconnaissance in Souther Sudan(Dr. Hugh Lamprey)
Desertification monitoring (Dr. Ulf Hellden)
Amazing graze (Lynn Jacobs)
Arid land plants (Dr.Daniel Stiles)
Village tree planting in Zambia (E. Chidumayo)
Food for land security in Africa (Dr. A.T. Ayoub)
Developing rangeland resources in African drylands (Prof.Jiri Skoupy)
News from UNEP
News of interest
Book reviews