For arid countries notes percentages and area of aridity; the bibliography covers the following aspects of drylands research: science and technology, geology, c

The Future of Arid Lands, edited by Gilbert White and published in 1956, comprised papers delivered at the "International Arid Lands Meetings" held in New Mexic

Dryland degradation and desertification now affect almost a billion people around the world. Tragically, the biological resources and productivity of millions o

An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabi