Sentence examples for The desertification from inspiring English sources
noun
Process by which a geographic region becomes a desert. The change may result from natural changes in climate or by human activity.
The desertification story has had enormous influence.
The desertification narrative is today maintained primarily by the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
The desertification status was calculated on each of separated land units.
The desertification effects on total soil N followed the same trend as the organic matter.
The desertification of the study area is increasing each year; in the desertification map for 1990 2002, there is a decrease in areas of zero and low desertification, and an increase in areas of high and severe desertification.
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The desertification of hundreds of thousands of acres of pasture and severe dust storms that may affect the air quality as far away as the U.S. As if that weren't enough, once the goats have stripped the land, there is nothing for them to eat.
The desertification process exacerbated the deterioration of the ecological environment and the area has evolved into a source of dust storms, which pose a threat to environmental safety in northern China (Feng and Cheng 1998; Xu and others 2003b).
"We must confront school failure, unemployment and the desertification of certain districts".
They now face the erosion of their age-old cultures and the desertification of their lands.
This applies to the collapse of fish stocks, the desertification of land, and accelerated melting of ice sheets.
