Sierra Club's Policy on Grazing On The Public Lands. Please read for class discussion by Friday, April 11, 1997. After reading this document follow the hyperlinks in the document to learn more about the causes of desertification one of which is listed below. This article appeared in the Encyclopedia of Climatology, J.E. Oliver and R. Fairbridge, eds., Hutchinson Ross Publishing Company, 1984. Please read for class discussion by Friday, April 18, 1997.
Water is essential to physical and biological activity.
Global environmental change may redistribute freshwater resources, with potentially profound impacts on a wide range of human activities. Freshwater resources play a crucial role in human activities such as energy production, agriculture, industry, transportation, fisheries, forestry, and human settlement, all of which could be significantly impacted by global climate change. A special FAO report on Water and Agriculture . Water resource issues and agriculture and these subsections of this part of the paper. Please read for class discussion by Friday, April 18, 1997.