The future of drylands
Subtitle: international scientific conference on desertification and drylands research, Tunis, Tunisia, 19-21 June 2006
By: Cathy Lee, Thomas Schaaf, editors.
Contributors: Lee, Cathy.; Schaaf, Thomas.; Unesco.
Series: Man and the biosphere series; Man and biosphere series
Publisher: Springer; UNESCO
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Dordrecht, Netherlands; Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 855
ISBN-13: 9781402069697; 9789231040528; 9781402069703
Subjects: Arid regions -- Congresses; Desertification -- Congresses; Deserts -- Congresses; Desertification -- Control -- Congresses; Sustainable development -- Congresses; Arid regions -- Research -- Congresses; Desertification -- Research -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Other titles: Drylands; International scientific conference on desertification and drylands research; Desertification and drylands research
Notes: "Under the leadership of UNESCO, the international scientific conference on the Future of Drylands was held in Tunis, Tunisia from 19 to 21 June 2006"--P. vii.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Opening session; title: Conservation of biodiversity, cultural and natural heritage in drylands; title: Dryland hydrology and watershed management; title: Monitoring and forecasting of dryland ecosystem dynamics; title: Sustainable land use and agriculture; title: Disaster and risk management in drylands; title: Policy, governance and socio-economic dynamics in changing drylands; title: Viable dryland livelihood and policy options; title: Education and knowledge sharing in drylands; title: Closing session.