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WAD is a web-based tool that provides information and data on desertification and land degradation worldwide. It aims to support sustainable land management and peacebuilding through rethinking land sustainability.
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From here it is possible to read the World Atlas of Desertification and explore our interactive maps. Introduction. Global patterns of human domination. Feeding a Growing Global Population. Limits to Sustainability. Convergence of Evidence. Solutions.
At any given place on Earth, complex human-environment interactions are at play, which include differing rates and magnitudes of drivers (e.g. overgrazing, climate change, agricultural practices) and consequences (e.g. soil erosion,changes in productivity, loss of biodiversity).
4 maj 2022 · While the first picture of Earth from deep space invoked awe and wonder, they also graphically revealed the startling reality of the finite and stark boundaries in which humanity exists.
This atlas shows the current stage of understanding of desertification, its extent and its possible solutions. It is structured in three parts, dealing with global, continental and national/local situations, and provides different surveys and maps of the problem.
The World Atlas of Desertification
26 cze 2018 · Just published: World Atlas of Desertification, 3rd edition. Twenty years have passed since the last atlas of desertification was published. Within that short period, enormous global changes have taken place in terms of human expansion and the impact that had on the environment.