desertification Definition
de·sert·i·fi·ca·tion (di zʉrt′ə fi kā′s̸hən)
desertification Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- other: The site contains technical and scientific data and links to other desertification Web sites.
- African: Finally, in many African countries desertification is creating ` environmental refugees ' .
Converse of object
- combat: For some time now, governments and non-governmental organizations in the region have been taking measures at local and national levels to combat desertification.
- prevent: Vegetation plays a vital role in the protection of soil structure through its effects on hydrology and therefore in preventing desertification.
- cause: Soil erosion is a big problem in many parts of the world, with increasing desertification caused by overuse of marginal land.
- include: Environmental disasters continue to occur all over the world, with unnecessary and badly designed dam projects including desertification and many other evils.
- control: We have over 8,000 local volunteers for an agroforestry program to improve farmersâ fields and to control desertification.
- accelerate: Accelerating desertification is largely responsible for the fact that many countries in Africa south of the Sahara are losing the capacity to feed themselves.
Converse of subject
affect: Emissions of other greenhouse gases might also be affected by desertification.
Modifies a noun
- process: The conference raised the bar on the political importance of the desertification convention process.
- control: Enormous benefits can accrue in the areas of desertification control, poverty alleviation and energy efficiency.
- problem: It also specifically investigates China's desertification problem, the issues surrounding food production, and the challenge of controlling climate change.
- issue: Michael Bernard Kwesi Darkoh, a leading authority on desertification issues, is Professor of Geography at Kenyatta University.
- convention: The conference raised the bar on the political importance of the desertification convention process.
- signal: This suggests that only 6 % of the total global land surface may exhibit a strong desertification warming signal.
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