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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Desertification. | Oct 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Fisheries and Aquaculture - Desertification and its causes. | Aug 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Environmental Law Research Centre - Desertification (PDF). | Jun 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification - Desertification. | Mar 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Desertification and Climate Change in Africa. | Oct 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO-EOLSS - Land Degradation and Desertification: History, Nature, Causes, Consequences, and Solutions. | Sep 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Scientific Reports - Desertification of Iran in the early twenty-first century: assessment using climate and vegetation indices. | Jul 10, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: UC Berkeley - Ecohydrology and Water and Society Lab - Desertification. | May 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: European Parliament - Desertification and agriculture. | Mar 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia.edu - Desertification: Description, Causes and Impacts. | Sep 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Plant Science - Analysis of desertification combating needs based on potential vegetation NDVI�A case in the Hotan Oasis. | Jun 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Desertification. | Jan 26, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 22, 2019 | ||
| Revised the number of people affected by desertification. Added cross-references throughout. | Mar 22, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Interesting Facts for Kids - Desertification Facts for Kids. | Feb 06, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Young People's Trust For The Environment - Desertification. | Feb 06, 2019 | ||
| Added new Web site: ThinkQuest - Desertification. | Jun 09, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Physical Environment - Desertification. | Jun 09, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: NASA - Earth Observatory - Desertification. | Jun 09, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Global Education - Deserts and Desertification. | Jun 09, 2009 | ||
| United Nations warning concerning the extent of desertification and its likelihood to displace some 50 million people by 2017 added. | May 29, 2009 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. Solution section added. | May 29, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment - Desertification. | Aug 11, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of the Western Cape - Desertification. | Aug 11, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: USGS - Desertification. | Jun 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Young People's Trust for the Environment - Desertification. | Jun 30, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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