Reference : 2006, International Year of Deserts, Desertification and Dust

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Letter to the editor
	Discipline(s) :	Human health sciences : Public health, health care sciences & services Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences : Multidisciplinary, general & others
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/15856

Title :	2006, International Year of Deserts, Desertification and Dust
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Ozer, Pierre [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement >]
	Courel, Marie-Françoise [ > > ]
	Goudie, Andrew S [ > > ]
Publication date :	May-2006
Journal title :	Africa Health
Volume :	28
Issue/season :	4
Pages :	3
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0141-9536
City :	London
Country :	UK
Keywords :	[en] Desertification ; dust ; human health
	[fr] Désertification ; lithométéores ; santé publique
Abstract :	[en] Desertification ranks among the major environmental challenges of the 21st century and is defined by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification as ‘land degradation in arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities’. Currently, desertification affects a total area between 6 million and 12 million square kilometres and generates large loss of income, estimated at US$42 billion each year. Areas threatened by desertification occupy 34% of the Earth’s land area and are home to about 2 billion people. [...]
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