DESIRE Project Harmonised Information System http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/desertification-mainmenu-329 2016-09-22T20:13:24Z Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management 2009-02-05T15:18:21Z 2009-02-05T15:18:21Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/desertification-mainmenu-329/218-easy-to-read-booklets-leaflets-and-powerpoints-about-different-aspects-of-desertification-in-europe Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com

<table border="0"> <tbody> <tr valign="bottom"> <td valign="bottom"><img style="float: left;" src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/LUCINDA_A1.jpg.jpg" alt=" " /><br style="clear: none;" /> <br /></td> <td valign="bottom"> <p>During recent decades great progress has been made by the scientific community in understanding the nature and complex causes of land degradation and desertification in Europe.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <p>The <img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><strong><a href="http://geografia.fcsh.unl.pt/lucinda/default.html" target="_blank">LUCINDA</a></strong> project has provided a concise and comprehensive information pack of 19 titles containing guidelines for sustainable land management in desertification-affected areas. The scientific contents were written by 22 expert authors and were based on the results of some 28 past and on-going research projects.</p> <p> </p> <span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></span> <p>Each title is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Greek; as a 16 page booklet, summary leaflet and powerpoint presentation.</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><strong><a href="http://geografia.fcsh.unl.pt/lucinda/desertification_themes.html" target="_blank">Desertification themes</a></strong></p> <p>A1 - General introduction to land degradation and desertification (Anton Imeson)<br />A2 - Desertification and indicators (Jane Brandt and Nichola Geeson)</p> <p>A3 - Remote sensing techniques for monitoring desertification (Joachim Hill)<br />A4 - Warning society about desertification (Maria José Roxo)<br />A5 - Public policies: responding to the challenge of combating desertification (Helen Briassoulis)<br />A6 - European policy and desertification: evidence from the local scale (Geoff Wilson)</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><a href="http://geografia.fcsh.unl.pt/lucinda/desertification_processes.html" target="_blank"><strong>Desertification processes</strong></a></p> <p>B1 - Soil erosion(Anton Imeson and Michiel Curfs)<br />B2 - Fire(V. Ramon Vallejo and Alejandro Valdecantos)<br />B3 - Salinisation (Massimo Iannetta and Nicola Colonna)<br />B4 - Land abandonment (Costas Kosmas, Nicholas Yassoglou, Aikaterini Kounalaki, Orestis Kairis)<br />B5 - Water use (Christos Karavitis)<br />B6 - Littoralisation (Pandi Zdruli)<br />B7 - Climate Change (Clare Goodess)</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><a href="http://geografia.fcsh.unl.pt/lucinda/desertification_landscapes.html" target="_blank"><strong>Desertification-Affected Landscapes</strong></a> <br />C1 - Forests and natural landscapes (Leopoldo Rojo Serrano, Ramon Vallejo, Alejandro Valdecantos)<br />C2 - Traditional and new soil conservation and cultivation structures (Costas Kosmas, Nicholas Yassoglou, Aikaterini Kounalaki, Orestis Kairis)<br />C3 - Intensive agricultural production using irrigation (Jorge Garcia Gomez and Francisco López Bermúdez)<br />C4 - Dry agriculture (Giovanni Quaranta)</p> <p>C5 - Grazing land and pastoral landscapes (Vasilios P. Papanastasis)</p> <p> </p>

<table border="0"> <tbody> <tr valign="bottom"> <td valign="bottom"><img style="float: left;" src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/LUCINDA_A1.jpg.jpg" alt=" " /><br style="clear: none;" /> <br /></td> <td valign="bottom"> <p>During recent decades great progress has been made by the scientific community in understanding the nature and complex causes of land degradation and desertification in Europe.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <p>The <img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><strong><a href="http://geografia.fcsh.unl.pt/lucinda/default.html" target="_blank">LUCINDA</a></strong> project has provided a concise and comprehensive information pack of 19 titles containing guidelines for sustainable land management in desertification-affected areas. The scientific contents were written by 22 expert authors and were based on the results of some 28 past and on-going research projects.</p> <p> </p> <span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></span> <p>Each title is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Greek; as a 16 page booklet, summary leaflet and powerpoint presentation.</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><strong><a href="http://geografia.fcsh.unl.pt/lucinda/desertification_themes.html" target="_blank">Desertification themes</a></strong></p> <p>A1 - General introduction to land degradation and desertification (Anton Imeson)<br />A2 - Desertification and indicators (Jane Brandt and Nichola Geeson)</p> <p>A3 - Remote sensing techniques for monitoring desertification (Joachim Hill)<br />A4 - Warning society about desertification (Maria José Roxo)<br />A5 - Public policies: responding to the challenge of combating desertification (Helen Briassoulis)<br />A6 - European policy and desertification: evidence from the local scale (Geoff Wilson)</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><a href="http://geografia.fcsh.unl.pt/lucinda/desertification_processes.html" target="_blank"><strong>Desertification processes</strong></a></p> <p>B1 - Soil erosion(Anton Imeson and Michiel Curfs)<br />B2 - Fire(V. Ramon Vallejo and Alejandro Valdecantos)<br />B3 - Salinisation (Massimo Iannetta and Nicola Colonna)<br />B4 - Land abandonment (Costas Kosmas, Nicholas Yassoglou, Aikaterini Kounalaki, Orestis Kairis)<br />B5 - Water use (Christos Karavitis)<br />B6 - Littoralisation (Pandi Zdruli)<br />B7 - Climate Change (Clare Goodess)</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" alt=" " height="16" width="16" /><a href="http://geografia.fcsh.unl.pt/lucinda/desertification_landscapes.html" target="_blank"><strong>Desertification-Affected Landscapes</strong></a> <br />C1 - Forests and natural landscapes (Leopoldo Rojo Serrano, Ramon Vallejo, Alejandro Valdecantos)<br />C2 - Traditional and new soil conservation and cultivation structures (Costas Kosmas, Nicholas Yassoglou, Aikaterini Kounalaki, Orestis Kairis)<br />C3 - Intensive agricultural production using irrigation (Jorge Garcia Gomez and Francisco López Bermúdez)<br />C4 - Dry agriculture (Giovanni Quaranta)</p> <p>C5 - Grazing land and pastoral landscapes (Vasilios P. Papanastasis)</p> <p> </p>