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.