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Desertification: A Slideshow
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Tunisia: desert.
(IDRC Photo: M. Brunelli)

The United Nations has declared 2006 the International Year of Deserts and Desertification to underline the important link between desertification and poverty. 

The year will also celebrate deserts as unique ecosystems, millennia-old natural habitats, and home to some of the world's most vibrant civilizations.

Learn more about deserts and desertification through the slideshow below.







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1. What is desertification?

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2. The role humans play

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3. The effects of desertification

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4. A growing problem

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5. Drylands

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6. Food grains

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7. Canada's drylands

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8. The cost of desertification

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9. Some consequences of desertification

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