The desertification story has had enormous influence.
"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.
I am glad I never did, because the desertification of Detroit may have reached the bottom of its curve.
"This is a comprehensive effort to fight the desertification problem, and it is the correct policy," he said.
Something to do with the great migrations above the Hindu Kush, the desertification of Iranian wetlands, mass extinction.
Senegal is one of 11 countries in the Sahel region of Africa looking towards the same solution to the desertification problem: The Great Green Wall.
A persistent drought tied to global warming has spread south out of the Sahel, leading to the desertification of large areas of rangeland.
And that in turn, many local residents argue, was fuelled – in part – by the shrinking of Lake Chad, and the desertification of the surrounding area.
But, over the past four decades, the combined effects of climate change, overgrazing, and other human activity have caused the desertification of vast swaths of the country's vital grasslands.
