DESERTIFICATION IN THE NORTHEAST OF BRAZIL: THE NATURAL RESOURCES USE AND THE LAND DEGRADATION

The Agenda 21 and the United Nations Convention for Desertification Combat definesdesertification as the degradation of lands in arid regions, semi-arid and sub-wet dried,resulting from various factors, among them the weather variations and the human activities.This understanding, besides marking th...

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Main Authors: Edneida Rabêlo Cavalcanti, Solange Fernandes Soares Coutinho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2005-05-01
Series:Revista Sociedade & Natureza
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Online Access:http://www.sociedadenatureza.ig.ufu.br/include/getdoc.php?id=1516&article=773&mode=pdf