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. 19/1991
Floodwater spreading for desertification control: An integrated approach (A.Kowsar)
Kenya pilot study to evaluate FAO/UNEP provisional methodology for assessment and mapping of desertification (J.Grummblat, W.K.Ottichilo; R.K. Sinange; H.A. Mwenda; J.H.Kinuthia)
By the bootstraps: A contribution to the problem of enhanced food production in the Sudano - Sahel(Y.Orev)
Insert: Focus on reforestation ( J.Scoupy; T.Dida; G.Cechini; etc)
Land degradation and resource management in Kenya (M.B.K. Darkoh)
Desertification control in semi-arid parts of Tanzania: "What is" and "What ought to be"(L.Nshubemuki)
News from UNEP
News of interest