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Gestão ambiental: um estudo sobre a percepção do problema da desertificação no Estado do Rio Grande do Norte
(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBRUFRNPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de ProduçãoEstratégia; Qualidade; Gestão Ambiental; Gestão da Produção e Operações, 2006-05-19)
The objective of this study was to investigate the environmental perception of: People with common-sense knowledge on the desertification process in RN. People with scientific knowledge on the desertification process in ...
Towards identifying areas at climatological risk of desertification using the Köppen-Geiger classification and FAO aridity index
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015-06)
Over the past decades, a continuous rise in global air temperatures resulted in significant changes in the global hydrological cycle. Regionally increased frequencies of extreme weather events and changes in the regional ...
Evaluation of the conceptual model on shrubbiness-desertification on arid rangelands
(Arid Zone Research Association of India, 2018)
Zero net livelihood degradation - the quest for a multidimensional protocol to combat desertification
(2016)
Recientemente se propuso el concepto de degradación de la tierra neta nula como base para un futuro protocolo de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas de lucha contra la desertificación para reducir la degradación mundial ...
Desertification research in Argentina
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015-04)
Latin America, Argentina is second -behind Brazil- in extent of drylands: 55 percent of its territory. Research on desertification and dryland degradation has a lengthy tradition, being undertaken even prior to the ...
Combating land degradation and desertification and enhancing food security: towards integrated solutions
(Arid Zone Research Association of India, 2012-01)
This paper seeks to provide an overview of the relationships between food insecurity, land degradation and desertification, and its antithesis, food security and sustainable land management. It places particular focus on ...
Assessing potential desertification environmental impact in life cycle assessment: Part 1: Methodological aspects
(Springer Heidelberg, 2010-01)
Background, aim and scope: Life cycle assessment (LCA) enables the objective assessment of global environmental burdens associated with the life cycle of a product or a production system. One of the main weaknesses of LCA ...
Regional productivity mediates the effects of grazing disturbance on plant cover and patch-size distribution in arid and semi-arid communities
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2018-08)
Patch‐size distribution and plant cover are strongly associated to arid ecosystem functioning and may be a warning signal for the onset of desertification under changes in disturbance regimes. However, the interaction ...
Desertification alters the response of vegetation to changes in precipitation.
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2010-01)
1. Desertification is of critical concern because it may affect 40% of the global land area inhabited by more than 1 billion people. During the process of desertification, defined as land degradation in arid, semi-arid and ...
Archetypal temporal dynamics of arid and semi-arid rangelands
(Elsevier Science Inc., 2021-03)
The way in which temporal dynamics structure ecological systems under the influence of a changing environment has long interested ecologists. Tackling the hierarchical structure of complex temporal patterns is a necessary ...