Fjölrit RALA - 05.12.1999, Qupperneq 4

Contents
Ms. V/GDÍS FlNNBOGADÓTTlR, Former President of Iceland
Preface ........................................................... 3
Olafur Arnalds and Steve Archer
Introduction......................................................... 7
Thadis W. Box
Future deserts and sustainable communities.......................... 11
RODNEY GALLACHER
Participatory planning processes.................................... 21
NicholasJ. Yassoglou and C. Kosmas
Desertification in the Mediterranean Europe. A case in Greece...... 27
GlUSEPPE PULINA, M. D'ANGELO. AND GlUSEPPE ENNE
Agropastoralism and fires in the Mediterranean...................... 35
ÖSVALDO A. FERNÁNDEZ AND C.4RLOS A. Bl/SSO
Arid and semi-arid rangelands: two thirds of Argentina............. 41
Mitchael B.K. Darkoh
Desertification in Botswana......................................... 61
Tamirie Hawando
Desertification in Ethiopian highlands.............................. 75
JlA JlONG
Rangeland degradation in Ordos Plateau, its nature and assessment ... 87
L/U XlNMIN AND ZHAOXYUE- YONG
Transformation of desertified land in the Grazing-farming interlaced
belt of Northern China.............................................. 97
Wang Changyao and Wang Ouan
Human dimension of land degradation in Yulin area, China............ 103
Zamb yn Ba tja rga l
Desertification in Mongolia......................................... 107
RajivK. Sinha, Sonu Bhatia, and Ritu Vishnoi
Desertification control and rangeland management in the Thar desert
of India........................................................... 115
KevinF. O’Connor, AlanH. Nordmeyer, and KristínSvavarsdóttir
Changes in biomass and soil nutrient pools of tall tussock grasslands
in New Zealand..................................................... 125
Halldor Thorgeirsson
Conclusions from the Workshop on Rangeland Desertification;
Iceland 1997........................................................ 147