Desertification in semi-arid northeast of Brazil | Desertificação no nordeste semi-árido do Brasil

Desertification is the process of land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, caused, among other factors, by human activities and climatic variations. It is a global-scale problem because it is present in the dry regions in the world and causes many losses. In Latin America alone,...

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Main Authors: Amanda Rodrigues Santos Costa, Gleide de Lima Ferreira, Elizabete Buonora de Souza, Fernando Cartaxo Rolim Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco 2016-10-01
Series:Revista Geama
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Online Access:http://www.journals.ufrpe.br/index.php/geama/article/view/920