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DESERTIFICATICN
A selected bibliography compiled by
Charlene S. Sayers
August 1982
U.S. National Focal Point for UNEP/INFOTERRA
Library Systans Staff
u.s. ENvnmYEsrmL protection agency
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DESERTIFICATION
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Selected Journal Articles	3
Bibliographies	10
Books and Reports	11
Conference Presentations	16
Representative Sources of Information
United States Sources	18
International Sources	21
This bibliography was prepared to assist those
interested in learning what recently has been
published on the topic of Desertification. The
najority of references listed were published
during the period 1979-1982 and cover a variety
of views on the subject.
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SELECTED JOURNAL ARTICLES
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"Animal Life and Desertification", by John L. Claudsley-Thanpson.
Environmental Conservation, 4(3), pp. 199-204,
Autumn 1977.
"Attempt to Ccmbat Desertification in Tunisia", by C. Floret
and M. S. Hadjej. Ambio, 6(6), pp. 366-368, 1977.
"Balancing Development and Conservation in Pre-Saharan Tunisia",
by Novikoff, George and Skouri, Mohamed. Ambio, 10(2-3),
pp. 135-141, 1981.
"Climatic and Ecological Aspects of Desertification", by
J. A. Mabbutt. Natural Resources (France), 13(2),
pp. 3-9, 1977.
"Combating Desertification in Winter Rainfall Regions of North
Africa and the Middle East", by L. Chatterton and B.
Chatterton. Outlook on Agriculture, 10(8), pp. 397-402,
1981.
"Connections Between Climate and Desertification", by F. K. Hare.
Environmental Conservation, 4(2), pp. 81-90, 1977.
"Desert Blocms—at a Price", by David Sheridan. Environment,
23(3), pp. 6-24, April 1981.
"Desertification—Special Issue". Ambio, 4(4), 40 pp., 1975.
"Desertification: A Present Prcblan", by P. Capretti.
Revista di Aqricoltura Subtropicale e Tropicale,
72(1/2), pp. 135-146, Jan/June 1978. (in Italian).
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"Desertification: A Problem of Land Utilization in the Dry
Regions of the Earth", by H. Pagel. Beitrage zur
Tropischen Landwirtschaft und Veterinarmedizin, 16(3),
pp. 215-237, 1978.
"Desertification: A World Problem", by E. P. Eckholm.
Ambio, 4(4), pp. 137-145, 1975.
"Desertification: Always a Bigger and Stronger Phenomenon",
by G. Ferrari and C. Zanchi. L1Italia Agricola,
116(2), pp. 117-133, April-June" 1979. (in Italian).
"Desertification: An Important Problem far Geographical Research",
by H. Mensching. Geogr. Rundsch, 31(9), pp. 350-355,
1979. (in German).
"Desertification and Agriculture", by P. Capretti.
Revista di Agricoltura Subtropicale e Tropicale,
73(3-4), pp. 179-186, 1979.
"Desertification and Technological Adjustment in Murray Mallee of
South Australia", by M. Williams. Search, 9(7),
pp. 265-268, 1978.
"Desertification—Australia in Context". Search, 9(7) ,
pp. 241, 1978.
"Desertification by the Mining Industry and the State of the
Art of Reclamation", by A. J. Freyman. West Miner
(Canada), 52(3), pp. 9-22, 1979.
"Desertification in Asian and Pacific Ocean Countries and its
Control", by V. A. Dukhovnyi. Gidrotekhnika i
Melioratsiia, 11, pp. 92-96, November 1978.
"Desertification in Australia—A Muddled Concept", by	Envirofiche
D. J. Carder. Search, 12(7), pp. 217-220, July 1981. 82-00949
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"Desertification in Pastoral Rangelands of Gascoyne Basin,
Western Australia", by 0. B. Williams. Search, 9(7),
pp. 257-261, 1978.
"Desertification in Teaching Geography", by C. Stein.
Geogr. Rundsch, 31(9), pp. 357-362, 1979.
(in German).
"Desertification in the United States", by H. E. Dregne.
Natural Resources (France), 13(2), pp. 10-13, 1977.
"Desertification—Man's Abuse of Land", by H. E. Dregne.
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 33(1),
pp. 11-14, 1978.
"Desertification Natures Revenge", by M. Hussain. Botardea,
28, pp. 31-33, 1978.
"Desertification of Arid Regions", by H. N. Lehouerou.
Recherche, 10(99), pp. 336-344, 1979. (in French).
"Desertification of Australia in its Global Context",
by. J. A. Mabbutt. Search, 9(7), pp. 252-256, 1978.
"Desertification—Problem of Land Utilization in the Dry Regions
of the Earth", by H. Pagel. Beitrage zur Tropischen
Landwirtschaft und Veterinarmedizen16(3), pp. 215,
1978. (in German).
"Deserts in China and their Prevention and Control", by
Qu Geping. Mazingira, 4(-), pp. 74-79, 1980.
"Drought and Desertification in Africa—Lessons frcm the Nairobi
Conference", by D. F. Ctoen. Oikos. 33(2), pp. 139-151,
1979.
"Ecological View of Population, Climate and Production as a
Consequence of Desertification in the Indian Arid Zone",
by R. K. Gupta. International Journal of Ecology and
Environmental Sciences, 6, pp. 125-137, 1980.
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"Energy-Crisis, Food Crisis, Desertification and Organic Recycling"
by B. Nagar. Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research,
40(3), pp. 147-153, 1981.
"Experiment in Tunisia Effects Pause in Spread of Sahara's
Expanding Sands", by Dora Jean Hamblin. Smithsonian.
10(5), pp. 32-41, August 1979.
"Geanorphological Aspects of the Process of Desertification in
Western Sudan", by A. Bakhit and F. N. Ibrahim.
GeoJournal, 6(1), pp. 19-24, 1982.
"Global Desertification and Range
by E. G. Vanvoorthuizen.
31(5), pp. 378-380, 1978
Management—Appraisal",
Journal of Range Management,
"Human Face of Desertification", by D. L. Johnson. Econcmic
Geography, 53(4), pp. 317-432, October 1977.
"Impact of Desertification as Revealed by Mapping", by
John A. Mabbutt. Environmental Conservation, 5(1),
pp. 45-56, Spring 1978.
"Integrated Project on Arid Lands", by Hugh Lamprey. Nature and
Resources—UNESCO, 14(4), pp. 2-11, October-December 1978.
"International Action Against Desertification—Case Study Africa",
by H. Mensching. Umschau in Wissenschaft und Technik,
78(4), pp. 99-106, 1978. (in German).
"Investigating Water Resources of the Desert: How Isotopes	Envirofiche
Can Help", by R. Gonfiantini. IAEA Bnlletin,	81-06037
23(1), pp. 3-6, March 1981.
"Keeping the Desert at Bay", by Mohammed El-Kassas.
EPA Journal, 7(2), pp. 2-5, February 1981.
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"Land Ownership Patterns and Desertification in Western	Envirofiche
Rajasthan, by M. L. Purohit. Annals Arid Zone,	79-00399
17(1), pp. 112-117, March 1978.
"Land-Tenure and Desertification in Australia Arid Lands
with Particular Reference to Western New South
Wales", by R. W. Condon. Search, 9(7), pp. 261-264,
1978.
"Man's Desert: The Mismanaged Earth", by James Walls.
Mazinqira, 2, pp. 18-25, 1977.
"Marginal Lands", by Mohamed Ayyad and Gisbert Glaser.
UNESCO Courier, 4, pp. 18-22, April 1981.
"Modern Technique to Halt Desertification in the Libyan Jamahiriya"
by S. E. Mocman and C. W. Barney. Agricultural Meteorology,
23(2), pp. 131-136, 1981.
"Non-Agricultural Land Use and Desertification", by P. Freer.
Search, 9(7), pp. 276-280, 1978.
"Pastoralism and Desert Encroachment in Northern Kenya", by
H. F. Lamprey and Hussein Yussuf. Ambio, 10(2-3),
pp. 131-134, 1981.
"Peasants, Peanuts, Profits and Pastoralists", by Richard Franke
and Barbara Chasin. Ecologist, 11(4), pp. 156-168,
1981.
"Plant Life and Desertification", by Frits W. Went.
Environmental Conservation, 5(4), pp. 263-271,
Winter 1978.
"Process of Desertification: Generating Hypothyses frcm Aerial
Photographs", by L. E. Pla. Acta Cientifica Venezolana,
29(2), pp. 37, 1978. (in Spanish).
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"Role and Tasks of Science in Carrying out the World Action
Plan on Desertification Control", by B. G. Rozanov.
Prcbl. Osvo Pustyn, 5, pp. 3-7, 1980. (in Russian).
"Role of Forestry in the Fight Against Desertification",
by P. Mikola. Silva Fennica, 47(1), pp. 223-226,
1979.
"Role of Research in Ccmbating Desertification and in the
Development of Arid Zones", by J. Schechter.
Outlook on Agriculture, 10(5), pp. 262-267, 1980.
"Role of Women Peasants in the Process of Desertification in
Western Sudan", by F. N. Ibrahim. GeoJournal,
6(1), pp. 25-30, 1982.
"Rural Development or Desertification in the Sabel", by
J. Hecq. Rivista di Agriooltura Subtropicale e
Tropicale, 73(1-2), pp. 23-57, 1979. (in French).
"Struggle Against Desertification with an Integrated Plan",
by I. P. Gerasimov, et al. Izvestiya Akadaniya
Nauk SSSR, Seriya Geograficheskaya, 2, pp. 132-139,
1981. (in Russian).
"Study on Efficiency of Wool Production for Reducing the
Impact of Forces of Desertification", by N. K. Barhat,
et al. Annals of Arid Zone, 19(4), pp. 493-497, 1980.
"United Nations Conference on Desertification: A Review",
by Mostafa Kamal Tolba. Mazingira, 6(1), pp. 14-23, 1982.
"United Nations Desertification Conference", by E. Fano.
Natural Resources Forum, 2(2), pp. 177-184, 1978
"U.N. Conference on Desertification, in Retrospect", by
Margaret R. Biswas. Environmental Conservation,
5(4), pp. 247-261, Winter 1978.
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"Undwatered West—Overdrawn at the Well", by David Sheridan.	**
Environment, 23(2), pp. 6-13 and 30-33, March 1981.
"Urbanization and Desertification in the Sudan with Special
Reference to Khartoum", by A. A. G. Babiker.
GecJournal, 6(1), pp. 69-76, 1982. '
"Western Range lands: Overgrazed and Undermanaged", by	**
D. Sheridan. Environment, 23(4), pp. 14-20 and 37-38,
May 1981.
"World Less Green", by Thomas E. Lovejoy. Defenders,	Envirofiche
56(2), pp. 2-5, April 1981.	81-05214
NOTE: ** = The Journal is shelved in the Periodicals Section of
the EPA Headquarters Library.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIES
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Annotated Bibliography of Remote Sensing Methods for
Monitoring Desertification, by A. S. Walker and
C. J. Robinove. Washington, D.C.: Geological
Survey Circular 0851, 1981. 25 pp.
Desertification: World Bibliography Update 1976-1980,
by P. Pay lore and J. A. Mabbutt. Tucson, Arizona:
University of Arizona, Office of Arid Lands, 1980.
196 pp.
Water Resources in Arid and Sgniarid Regions.	PB80-802259
Springfield, Virginia: National Technical
Information Service, December 1979.
(NTIS Bibliographic Published Search listing
243 citations.)
World Desertification: Cause and Effect. A Literature	PB-228-100
Review and Annotated Bibliography, by Wade C.
Sherbrooke and Patricia Pay lore. Tucson, Arizona:
University of Arizona, Office of Arid Lands, 1973.
176 pp.
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BOOKS AND REPORTS
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Advances in Desert and Arid Land Technology and Development,
A. Bishay and W. B. McGinnies, editors.
New York, New York: Harwood Academic Publishers.
Vol. 1—1979. 618 pp.
Vol. 2—1981. 350 pp.
Agriculture in Semi-Arid Envirorments. A. E. Hall, et al.,
editors. New York, New York: Springer-Verlag,
1979. 340 pp.
Arid Land Irrigation in Developing Countries: Envirormental	S612.2.A74
Problems and Effects, by E. Barton Worthington,
editor. Elmsford, New York: Pergamon Press, 1977.
463 pp.
Arid Lands: A Geographical Appraisal, by E. S. Hills, editor.	GB611.H5
Paris, France: UNESCO, 1966. 461 pp.
Arid Zone Research and Development, by H. S. Mann, editor
India: Scientific Publishers, 1980.
Bulletin on Desert Managenent of Haryana. India: Haryana
Agricultural University, 1979. 145 pp.
Can Desert Encroachment be Stepped?, by A. Rapp, H. N. LeHouerou
and B. Lundholm. Stockholm, Sweden: Swedish Natural
Science Research Council, 1976. 241 pp.
Case Studies on Desertification, by J. A. Mabbutt and
C. Floret, editors. Paris, France: UNESCO,
Natural Resources Research 18, 1980. 279 pp.
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CERES: Special Edition on Desertification—Time to Call A Halt.
Rcme, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, 1977. 50 pp.
Desertification: Associated Case Studies Prepared far the
United Nations Conference on Desertification,
by Margaret R. Biswas and Asit K. Biswas, editors.
Elmsfard, New York: Pergamon Press, 1980. 523 pp.
Desertification Control Bulletin. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations
Environment Programme, 1978.
Desertification: Environmental Degradation in and Around Arid GB612.D38
Lands, by Michael H. Glantz, editor. Boulder, Colorado:
Westview Press, 1977. 346 pp.
Desertification in Australia, by J. A. Mabbutt. Australia:
Water Research Foundation of Australia, 1978.
127 pp. (Report No. 54)
Desertification in Extranely Arid Environments, by W. Meckelein,
editor. Federal Republic of Germany: Stuttg. Geogr.
Stud., 1980. 203 pp.
Desertification Information Sources. Nairobi, Kenya:
United Nations Environment Programme—INFOIERRA,
March 1980. 189 pp.
Desertification: Its Causes and Consequences, by Secretariat of QC993.7.D4
the United Nations Conference on Desertification
(held in Nairobi, Kenya, 8/29-9/9/1977).
Elmsford, New York: Pergamon Press, 1977. 448 pp.
Desertification of the United States, by David Sheridan.	CE614.S54
Washington, D.C.: Council on Environmental Quality,
1981. 147 pp.
Desertification: Process, Problems, Perspectives, by	PB80-163553
Patricia Paylore and Richard A. Haney, Jr.
Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona, 1976.
134 pp.
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Deserts on the March, by Paul B. Sears. Norman, Oklahoma:
University of Oklahoma Press, 1980. 264 pp.
Development of Arid and Semi-Arid Tanris: Obstacles and
Prospect!^ Paris, France: UNESCO, 1977. 42*pp.
(MAB Technical Notes 6)
Environmental and Natural Resource Management in Developing
Countries—a Report to Congress. Washington, D.C.:
Agency for International Development, February 1979.
184 pp.
Envirormental Effects of Arid Land Irrigation in Developing
Countries. Paris, France: UNESCO, 1978. 67 pp.
Environmental Quality: Eleventh Annual Report of the Council on HC110.E5E28
Environmental Qua! i ty. Washington, D.C.: Council on
Environmental Quality, December 1980. 497 pp.
(Desertification information—pp. 346-360).
Environmental Quality: Ninth Annual Report of the Council on	HC110.E5E28
Environmental Quality. Washington, D.C.: Council on
Environmental Quality, 1978. 599 pp.
(Loss of Productive Land: Deforestation and
Desertification—pp. 458-468).
Environment: The Global Connection—Summary Report.	Envirofiche
~	Washington, D.C.: EPA/Et Al Environment—The Global	82-00325
Connection Conference Proceedings, October 1980.
65 pp.
Global 2000 Report to the President: Entering the Twenty-First CB161.U55
Century. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of State
and Council on Environmental Quality, 1980.
Volume 2, 766 pp. (Desertification information—
pp. 277-280).
Handbook on Desertification Indicators: Based on the Science
Associations' Nairobi Seminar on Desertification, by
Priscilla Reining. Washington, D.C.: American
Association for the Advancement of Science, 1978. 141 pp.
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Impact of Land Degradation on Future World Food Production, by
Harold E. Dregne. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department
of Agriculture, 1982. 33 pp.
In the Deserts of this Earth, by Uwe George. New York, New York:
Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1979.
Land Aridization and Drought Control, by Viktor A. Kovda.
Boulder Colorado: Westview Press, 1980. 298 pp.
Land, Man, and Sand: Desertification and Its Solution, by
J. Walls. New York, New York: MacMillan Publishing
Ccnpany, 1980. 321 pp.
Losing Ground, by Erik P. Eckholm. New York, New York:	S601.E24
W. W. Norton, 1976. 223 pp.
Perception of Desertification—Desertification in the Dry Zone Envirofiche
of Sri Lanka, by M. U. A. Tennakoon.	82-01152
United Nations University, 1980. NRTS-10/UNUP-190,
30 pp.
Perception of Desertification—Perception of Desertification	Envirofiche
in the Murray Mallee of Southern Australia, by	82-01154
R. L. Heathcote. United Nations University, 1980.
NRTS-10/UNUP-190, 37 pp.
Perception of Desertification—-Perception of Desertification on Envirofiche
the Southern Great Plains: A Preliminary Enquiry,	82-01153
by R. L. Heathcote. United Nations University, 1980.
NRTS-10/UNUP-190, 26 pp.
Perception of Desertification—Perception of Increasing	Envirofiche
Salinity Associated with the Irrigation of the	82-01382
Murray Valley in South Australia, by Michael Butler.
United Nations University, 1980. NRTS-10/UNUP-190, 23 pp.
Perception of Desertification—Sunmary and Conclusions: The	Envirofiche
Role of Perception in the Desertification Process,	82-01155
by R. L. Heathoote. United Nations University, 1980.
NRTS-10/UNUP-190, 15 pp.
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Preliminary Analysis of the Potential of Landsat Imagery to	NTIS-N81-13407/4
Study Desertification, by N. Dejesusparada, et. al.
Washington, D. C.: National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, June 1980. 10 pp.
Problematics of Desertification and Savanna Formation in
Intertropical Brazil, by A. N. Saber. Sao Paulo,
Brazil:- Sao Paulo University, 1977. 19 pp.
(in Portuguese).
Processes of Desertification and the Choice of Intervention,	PB81-220600
by N. S. Jodha. Washington, D.C.: Agency for
International Development, June 1979. 21 pp.
Rekindling World's Carmitment to Environmental Protection	Envixofiche
by Mostafa K. Tolba. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations 82-04289
Environment Programme, April 1982. 8 pp.
Six Steps to a Sustainable Society, by Lester R. Brown and	Envirofiche
Pamela Shaw. Washington, D. C.: Worldwatch	82-03550
Institute, March 1982. 63 pp. (Worldwatch Paper 48)
Spreading Deserts—the Hand of Man, by Erik Eckholm and	GB611.E34
Lester R. Brown. Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch
Institute, August 1977. 40 pp. (Worldwatch Paper 13)
State of the Global Enviromient: A Decade After Stockholm, by
United Nations Environment Progranme. Nairobi, Kenya:
UNIPUB, 1982.
United Nations Conference on Desertification—Transnational
Green Belt in North Africa. New York, New York:
United Nations, 1977. 43 pp.
Water in Desert Ecosystems, by D. D. Evans and J. L. Thomas,
editors. New York, New York: Academic Press.
1981. 280 pp.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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"Application of IANDSAT Data to Monitor Desert Spreading in the Envirofiche
Sahara", by Ahmed M. Brera and F. Shahrokhi.	79-01109
Presented at: 12th International Symposium on Remote
Sensing of Environment, Manila, April 20-26, 1978. 10 pp.
"Causes of Desertification in the Northern Part of West Central
Senegal", by I. Doukoure
Presented at: Seminar on Remote Sensing, Dakar, Senegal,
March 31-April 4, 1980. 20 pp. (in French)
"Climatology and Fight Against Desertification", by F. Hasheim.
Presented at: Symposium on Meteorology and the
Human Environment—WHO Executive Committee, 1977, 20 pp.
"Desertification and Productivity", by D. H. Baepler.
Presented at: International Conference on the
Applications of Science and Technology for Desert
Development, Cairo, Egypt, 1978. 9 pp. .
"Desertification: Natural or Man-Induced?, by A. T. Grove.
Presented at: Symposium on Drought in Botswana,
Gaborone, Botswana, June 5-8, 1978.
"Effect of Desertification and Soil Salinity on Land	NTIS—CONF-7911162
Productivity in the Sudan", by M.O.H. El-Karouri.
Presented at: Regional Seminar on the Use of Isotopes
and Radiation Techniques in Soil, Khartoum, Sudan,
November 12, 1979. 25 pp.
"Gecmorphological Review of a Part of Medha River Catchment
with Special Emphasis on Desertification Prcblens", by
G. S. Chattopadhyay.
Presented at: International Symposium on Arid Zone
Research and Development, Jodhpur, India, 1978.
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"Note to the United Nations Water Conference on Preparations	Envirofiche
for the United Nations Conference on Desertification" 80-03821
Presented at: UN Water Conference, Mar del Plata,
March 1977.
"Remote Sensing and Mapping of Desertification: An Example of
a Synchronous Visual Study of Northern Senegal",
by L. Lake.
Presented at: Seminar on Remote Sensing, Dakar,
Senegal, March 31-April 4, 1980. 20 pp.
"Role of the World Scientific Community in Implementing the
Plan of Action to Combat Desertification", by B. G.
Rozanov.
Presented at: International Symposium on Arid
Zone Research and Development, Jodhpur, India,
February 14-18, 1978.
"Sahelian Zone and the Problems of Desertification: Climatic
and Anthropogenic Causes of Desert Encroachment",
by H. G. Mensching.
Presented at: International Symposium on Sahara and
Surrounding Seas, Federal Republic of Germany,
April 1-4, 1979.
"Use of Remote Sensing for Monitoring Desertification Processes
and Natural Resources in Desert and Arid Lands",
by M. Abdel Hady, et al.
Presented at: International Conference on the
Applications of Science and Technology for Desert
Development, Cairo, Egypt, September 9-15, 1978.
"Using Landsat to Monitor Changes in Vegatation cover Induced
by Desertification Processes", by J. C. Coiner.
Presented at: International Symposium on Remote
Sensing of Environment, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1980.
"What Could be Done to Combat Desertification", by M. K. Tolba.
Presented at: International Conference on the
Applications of Science and Technology for Desert
Development, Cairo, Egypt, September 9-15, 1978.
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Forest Management Branch
Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO)
Via Delle Terme di Caracalla
Rone 00100 Italy
Cable: FOODAGRI ROME
INDIA
Information Officer
International Crops Research Institute
for the Semi-Arid Tropics
1-11-256 Begumpet
Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh 500016 India
ISRAEL
Ezra Henkin
Ministry of Agriculture
Hakirya
Tel-Aviv Israel
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IUCN	Director General
International Union for Conservation
of Nature and Natural Resources .(IUCN)
Avenue du Mont Blanc
CH-1196 Gland Switzerland
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MEXICO	Centro de Informacion de Politica
Cientifica y Technologica (CCNACXT)
Insurgentes sur 1668
Mexico 20 DF Mexico
UNESCO—MAB	Coordinator
UNESCO—MAB Project (Man and the Biosphere)
7 Place de Fontenoy
Paris 75700 France
Cable: UNESCO PARIS
UNITED KINGDOM	Information Officer
Land Resources Development Center
Tolworth Towe
Surbiton Surrey KT6 7DY United Kingdcm
USSR	Director
Department of International Economic, Scientific
and Technocal Organizations
State Ccnmittee for Science and Technology
11 Gorky Street
Moscow K-9 USSR
UNITED NATIONS	Director
ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM-IE	Desertification Unit
United Nations Environment Prograxtme
P. 0. Box 30552
Nairobi, Kenya
Cable: UNITERRA
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