Book of Donmon Teith

First Published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabi

Dryland degradation and desertification now affect almost a billion people around the world. Tragically, the biological resources and productivity of millions o

Deserts are parts of the Earth that receive little or no rain; 25 cm or less per year. The physical processes that act upon these parched lands are vastly diffe

The United Nations Water Conference (in Argentina in March 1977) and the United Nations Conference to Combat Desertification (in Kenya in August 1977) reflect t