Friday, November 14, 2008
Sinan Akanay - Causes and effects of Desertification
According to article 1 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), desertification means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities. As a matter of fact, desertification is one the most worrying and challenging problems we are facing today and in the future. While climate change is one of the reasons for desertification worldwide, the main cause of it remains human activity. The paper focuses on some of the main causes and sometimes global effects of desertification.
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Dear Sinan,
Very interesting topic. I have a question regarding causes of desertification. Do you think that the Amazon forest could become the next big desert on Earth, considering that the Sahara was once a tropical forest? If yes, have you come across in your research some sort of preventive action regarding this?
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