At the United Nations Conference on Environment and Developments (Earth Summit, 1992) desertification was defined as "land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry semi-humid areas, resulting from various factors, including climate variations and human activities" ("Desertification," Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential (S J0180). www.uia.org/uniademo/str/j0180.htm). When pondering the terms 'desertification' or 'desertified land' our culture forms mental images of large dunes with sand slowing moving over them like in an ocean. Perhaps a camel or two, baking in the sun. This romanticized idea is far from what scientists call desertification.

In real life desertification looks like an area of hard and cracked earth with sand blowin

There are two types of artificial recovery. The first is intervention on "topography and soils: contour terracing, scarification, plowing, water-spreading techniques, and fertilization. The second type of intervention is seeding" (Mainguet, 204). In the second type seeds are first covered with clay and sand then driven into the sand by sheep. The clay makes the seeds heavier and helps them to germinate.

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