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.18/ 1990
Dunes encroachment on the cultivated land in Egypt (S.M.Abu El-Ennan; K.L.Dalsted; M.Z.Salem)
Applying remote sensing data in desertification monitoring (F.Jaskolla, A.Hirscheider)
Remote sensing of arid and semi-arid regions: The state of art (Prof.M.C.Girard; Dr.L.A.Isavwa)
News from UNEP
Insert: The definition of desertification and its programmatic consequences for UNEP and the international community (Prof. Richard S.Odingo)
News of interest