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World Atlas of Desertification. Discover the WAD. Atlas. Read the online version. Explore our webmap's tools. Catalog. Download our data. Download the atlas. 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.
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.
Atlas. Discover the online version of the Atlas. 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.
The cover of the third edition of the World Atlas of Desertification.
This atlas represents the current stage of our understanding of desertification, its extent and its possible solutions. One of the clearest ways to depict a global problem is to show it in an atlas.
22 kwi 2016 · The third edition of the World Atlas of Desertification (WAD) builds on state-of-the-art scientific concepts on land degradation. Given the complexity underlying land degradation, it is not amenable to single global maps that can satisfy all views or needs.
26 cze 2018 · 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.