Deserts on the move Europes South is drying out
Most school textbooks continue to recite the conventional wisdom that Europedoes not have any deserts. They are out of date. Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece arefour EU countries that are already so badly affected that they have joined the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. But th...
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| Format: | DVD |
| Language: | Castellano |
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[Alemania] :
[Medi Cine Medienproduktions gmbh]
[2008]
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991006120729708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
| Summary: | Most school textbooks continue to recite the conventional wisdom that Europedoes not have any deserts. They are out of date. Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece arefour EU countries that are already so badly affected that they have joined the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. But the problem is not confined to thesefour countries. Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and Russia have all reported signs ofdesertification, and in the Ukraine 41% of agricultural land are at risk of erosion. In 2000,the United Nations published a report in which it stated the first stages of serious soildegradation were being noted in parts of Europe and 150 million hectares are at a high riskof erosion. Deterioration is at a critical point in Mediterranean countries. |
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| Item Description: | Presentada en "Festival Internacional de Televisión sobre Conservación de la Naturaleza y el Medio Ambiente (Telenatura), Pamplona, 28 de octubre al 31 de noviembre de 2008" |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisco (50 min.) : son. col.; 12 cm |
