Web Directory

» A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration
   Provides information on a book by David A. Bainbridge about restoring drylands and arid regions. Contents of each chapter are described.
   http://www.desertrestore.org

» Adaptive Strategies for Sustainable Livelihoods in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) Project
   Description of ASALs Project in Africa, along with outputs, findings, significance and bibliography.
   http://www.iisd.org/casl/ASALProjectDetails/IISDProjectASAL.htm

» Beijing's Desert Storm
   Article and photos describe desertification in China, where the desert is on the move. With dunes already 75 kilometers from Beijing, environmentalists fear the sand could swallow the capital in a few years.
   http://www.gluckman.com/ChinaDesert.html

» Center of Ecological Desertification and Reforestation
   An international agency dedicated to academic studies, operational programs and public information on desertification and reforestation.
   http://www.desertification.info

» Desertification and Drought
   Internet links to sites related to desertification, maintained by University of Arizona.
   http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/IALC/links/desert.html

» Dimidia
   Includes information on a documentary film, education outreach and web-enabled services produced with the aim of educating young adults on the science and opportunities associated with climate change and the environmental degradation of global drylands.
   http://www.dimidia.com/

» Drylands: Bright Edges of the World
   Smithsonian Institution electronic exhibit about deserts and other arid and sub-humid environments, emphasizing desertification and other degradation and its consequences.
   http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/drylands/

» First UN Convention to Combat Desertification
   Purpose of meeting was to discuss the problem of land degradation and to offer suggestions to prevent this phenomena. Page includes list of participating countries and their ideas. Took place 29 September - 10 October 1997, Rome Italy.
   http://www.iisd.ca/ccdcop1.html

» French Scientific Committee on Desertification
   CSFD provides political decision makers with accurate information on desertification and publishes thematic reports and fact sheets. In French and English.
   http://www.csf-desertification.org/

» Institutional Adaptations to Climate Change
   Joint Canada/Chile project to research the capacity of institutions in dryland regions to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
   http://www.parc.ca/mcri/

» Land Degradation and Desertification
   International Union of Soil Sciences working group site offers conference reports, technical papers and links to other organizations.
   http://soils.usda.gov/use/worldsoils/landdeg/

» MEDACTION: Policies for Land Use to Combat Desertification
   Describes a decision support system for land management in Italy and Portugal. Features project description, bibliography and contact details.
   http://www.ncl.ac.uk/medaction/

» Medalus - Programme on Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use
   Information about this international project, funded by the European Union, to investigate the effects of desertification on land use in Mediterranean Europe.
   http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/projects/medalus/

» Monitoring and Early Warning
   Maps providing monthly updated, near real time, distributed information on rainfall, actual evapotranspiration, radiation, drought and desertification indices, and crop yield forecasts for Africa and Europe. Includes methodology discussions and links to s
   http://www.earlywarning.nl/

» Selected Internet Resources on Desertification
   Information about intergovernmental organizations, national/regional activities,non-governmental organizations in the field of desertification. Also related reports/news/information sources.
   http://www.iisd.ca/desert/desertsites.html

» Solar Energy: The Climate Threat's Counterforce
   Paper by Gunnar Ettestol describing two initiatives, a grand scale forestation project in dry tropical and subtropical regions and grand scale electricity production with pumped-storage plants, both driven by solar energy.
   http://home.c2i.net/CO2-uptake/

» The Sahara and the Sahel Observatory (OSS)
   Details about mission, objectives and structure of OSS, an organization striving to build up an African arena for cooperation and exchange to combat desertification and poverty. Available in English and French.
   http://www.oss-online.org/

» The Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification
   Page includes summaries of daily discusses, which featured concerned nations from around the world. Past event took place in Dakar, Senegal.
   http://www.iisd.ca/desert/cop2/

» UN Convention to Combat Desertification Information Network
   Objective is to provide information services on the subject of desertification. Background on the phenomenon, key international documents, and directory of organizations conducting work in this area.
   http://ag.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/cstccd.cgi

» United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
   Provides access to the official documents maintained or received by the UNCCD Secretariat and is a general source of information on the topic of desertification for the interested public.
   http://www.unccd.int/

» Web Resources on Desertification
   Links to web sites providing information on desertification worldwide.
   http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/aln40/WebResources.html