DESIRE's study sites
DESIRE focused its research on 17 study sites, all in semi-arid environments but distributed across the world from Chile to China. Land use on the sites includes arable crops (both irrigated and dry), forestry or tree crops and grazing land. The range of degradation problems experienced includes erosion (caused by wind and water), salinisation, vegetation degradation and wild fire.
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Acknowledgement
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The DESIRE project was
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Contract no: 037046 GOCE
DESIRE brought together the expertise of
26 international research institutes
and non-governmental organisations.
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