Springer, 2007. – 628 p. – Environmental Science and Engineering.
The Assessment of Global Trends in Land Degradation (Uriel N Safriel)
Status and Trends in Land Degradation in Africa (Lamourdia Thiombiano and Ignacio Tourino-Soto)
Status and Trends in Land Degradation in Asia (Hong Ma, Hongbo Ju)
Trends in Land Degradation in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Role of Climate Change (Fernando Santibáñez and Paula Santibáñez)
Trends in Land Degradation in Europe (Luca Montanarella)
Climate and Land Degradation – an Overview (Mannava VK Sivakumar, Robert Stefanski)
Climate, Extreme Events and Land Degradation (Michèle L Clarke and Helen M Rendell)
Effects of Some Meteorological Parameterson Land Degradation in Tanzania (E Matari)
Rainfall and Land Degradation (Leo Stroosnijder)
Frequency of Wet and Dry Spells in Tanzania (Faustine F Tilya and Mohamed S Mhita)
Climate Variability, Climate Change and Land Degradation (Beverley Henry, Greg McKeon, Jozef Syktus, John Carter, Ken Day, and David Rayner)
Fire Weather and Land Degradation (Opha Pauline Dube)
Importance of Drought Information in Monitoring and Assessing Land Degradation (Moshe Inbar)
The Role of Land Degradation in the Agriculture and Environment Nexus (Anna Tengberg and Svanhild-Isabelle Batta Torheim)
Using Weather and Climate Information for Landslide Prevention and Mitigation (Roy C Sidle)
Drought Hazard and Land Management in the Drylands of Southern Africa (Juliane Zeidler and Reagan Chunga)
Climate Monitoring in the Southern Africa Development Community (Bradwell J Garanganga)
Carbon Sequestration and Land Degradation (Alan J Franzluebbers and Paul C Doraiswamy)
Sustainable Land Management Through Soil Organic Carbon Management and Sequestration – The GEFSOC Modelling System (E Milne, MF Sessay, M Easter, K Paustian, and K Killian)
Seasonal Variation of Carbon Dioxide, Rainfall, NDVI and it’s Association to Land Degradation in Tanzania (Juliana J Adosi)
Land Degradation Control in Northern Africa (Ismail HM El Bagouri)
Challenges and Trade-Offs in Environmental and Financial Approaches of the Afforestation of Degraded Lands (Viorel Blujdea)
The EU-Funded Medcoastland Thematic Network and its Findings in Combating Land Degradation in the Mediterranean Region (Pandi Zdruli, Cosimo Lacirignola, Nicola Lamaddalena and Giuliana Trisorio Liuzzi)
Managing Land Use, Protecting Land and Mitigating Land Degradation: Tanzania Case Study (R S Muyungi)
Implementation of Initiatives for Addressing Climate Change and Land Degradation: A Look at the Philippine Context (Rodrigo U Fuentes and Roger Concepcion)
Successful Grassland Regeneration in a Severely Degraded Catchment: a Whole of Government Approach in North West Australia (P E Novelly and IW Watson)
Land Degradation Management in Southern Africa (Josephine Philip Msangi)
Successful Experiences of Sustainable Land Use in Hyperarid, Arid and Semiarid Zones from Peru (Juan Torres Guevara and Dora Velásquez Milla)
Role of Organic Agriculture in Preventing and Reversing Land Degradation (Sue Edwards)
Using Better Climate Prediction in the Implementation of National Action Programmes – (Eastern) Europe (Vesselin Alexandrov)
Improving NAP Implementation through Effective Use of Early Warning: Experiences in the IGAD Sub-Region (Reuben Sinange)
Role of Drought Monitoring and Management in NAP Implementation (Hossein Badripour)
Climate and National Action Programs in Latin America (Gertjan B Beekman)
Conclusions and Recommendations (Mannava VK Sivakumar and Ndegwa Ndiang’ui)