desertification
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In September, Turkmenistan's president proposed creating a regional centre against desertification in Central Asia.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
Mr Batra explains the goal is "to help combat desertification".
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
Deforestation and flooding in Bangladesh, the collapse of Black Sea fisheries, the desertification of sub-Saharan Africa and “a nearly endless list” of other issues, he said, would drive human migration.
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024
Countering human efforts to expand oases, desertification contributed to oasis loss.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024
As for prospects in the 1990s, the addition of nearly 100 million people a year to an already overcrowded globe will exacerbate the problems of pollution, desertification, underemployment, epidemics, and famine.
From The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Vocabulary lists containing desertification
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Human Geography - Middle School
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