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. 21/1992
UNEP Governing Council decision Special session: Desertification
Implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification (PACD) 1978-1991 (R.S.Odingo)
Environmental degradation and possible solutions for restoring the land: A case study of magnesite mining in the Indian Central Himalayas (A. Ahmad)
Land degradation status (J.Sehgal; I.P. Abrol)
Salinization of soil and water and its relation to desertification (I.Szabolcs)
Desertification assessment and mapping in the pre-Aral region ( G.S. Kust)
Regional activities in Africa
Regional activities in Asia and the Pacific
News of DC/PAC
News of interest