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This book deals with the role of plants in combating desertification. Desertification - the degradation of soils in drylands - is a phenomenon occurring in scores of countries around the globe. The number of people (in semiarid regions) affected by the

Environmental Science and Engineering
Subseries: Environmental Science

In many parts of the world, climatic variations are recognized as one of the major factors contributing to land degradation impacting on agricultural systems performance and

Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change brings together scholars from political science, economics, law, human geography, and climate science to offer the first assessment of the social justice issues in adaptation to climate change. The book outlines

This report provides a short overview on progress toward implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action.

1. National and regional context (risk);
2. A summary of the impact of initiatives on people and the economy, i.e. progress towards achieving the Hyogo

The Tanzania Disaster Relief Committee (TANDREC) at the National level
has been operational since 1990s. The Committee is composed of Permanent
Secretaries from Ministries of Finance, Defense, Planning, Agriculture, Lands, Water and Livestock, Education

This publication provides 35 good practices and lessons learned as concrete examples of how to make children safer in their classrooms and educate them about disasters.

A fully illustrated book Real Risk offers perspectives, case studies and analysis on disaster risk reduction and mitigation in the light of major natural disasters that have occurred since the publication of Know Risk in early 2005. It brings together the