Desertification and climate change

What causes vegetation and soil degradation? What are the consequences for ecosystems, biodiversity, water resources and the climate? What are future impacts on human societies and the economy? Desertification is often wrongly perceived as a remote issue for our European countries. This book deconstructs several preconceived ideas to contribute fully to national and international debates.

Bernard Bonnet, a livestock scientist and geographer specialized in pastoralism, is Programme Officer at the Institute for research and application of development methods (Iram).