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La salinisation et la sodification du sol

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2016

Une série de 9 cartes s’intéressant aux menaces principales pesant sur les sols ont été préparées dans le cadre de la Journée mondiale sur les sols 2016. Elles offrent une brève description sur la salinisation et la sodification du sol (définition, causes, les principaux faits) et illustre les conditions dans le monde entier et les tendances par région. Les données utilisées pour leur préparation sont tirées des informations publiées dans l'État des ressources du sol le rapport du Monde, publié en Décembre à 2015.

Natural Resources and Environment Newsletter

Reports & Research
November, 2012
Sweden

In the June issue of the Natural Resources and Environment newsletter, we examine the importance of the newly established Global Soil Partnership. Soil specialists, international organization staff, the donor community and academics discuss what such collaboration can achieve. We note the events of World Water Day, highlighting water and food security. Moreover, a new web site, Sustainability Pathways, focuses on greening the economy with agriculture and related ecosystem services.

FAO activities and Achievements and its Role in Combating Desertification in the Near East Region

Reports & Research
November, 1996
Algeria
Qatar
Egypt
Iran
Mauritania
Iraq
Afghanistan
Azerbaijan
Morocco
Malta
Pakistan
Jordan
Cyprus
Libya
Somalia
Oman
Syrian Arab Republic
Kuwait
Tunisia
Sudan
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon

This paper outlines FAO's past and present activities on combating desertification, with particular emphasis on the Near East Region, in an attempt to mobilise all the potential efforts towards the establishment of an adequate strategy to enable this particular part of the world to build efficient regional and national programmes to combat resource degradation, restore land productivity and achieve food security.

Contaminación del suelo

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2016

La parte delantera de la postal ofrece una breve descripción sobre la Contaminación del suelo (definición, causa, hechos clave), mientras que la parte posterior muestra las condiciones y tendencias mundiales por región. Estos datos se derivan de la información publicada en el informe del Estado Mundial del Recurso Suelo, publicado en diciembre de 2015.

Helping forests take cover

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2005
Asia

It may come as a paradox that while interest in tropical forests worldwide has been steadily growing in the last century, this has in no way halted the continued loss and degradation of one of earth's grandest terrestrial ecosystems. In fact, the extent and rate of degradation is accelerating. Some places have completely lost their original forests, while in others the structure and biomass of the forest have been irreparably damaged. Concern for this loss is not limited to the extinction of animal and plant species.