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DESERTIFICATION - Database
Source
Adapted from: Stolbovoi V., G. Fischer, V. Sizov, B. Sheremet,
S. Ovechkin and S. Rozhkova (Kravets), 1998. The IIASA-LUC project
Georeferenced Database of the Former U.S.S.R., Vol. 3: Degradation Status
in Russia, Interim Report IR-98-036, International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, 10.
Technical
Description
The desertification database can be extracted from the land
degradation coverage. For a complete description of the desertification
database, please refer to the land degradation database
description. Below we have extracted those fields which apply only
to desertification. Desertification (Pa) - expanding areas of deserts
as a result of natural (cyclic changes in climate) and anthropogenic causes
(wood cutting, removal of herbaceous vegetation due to overgrazing).
Coverage Definition
| Coverage | Data Type | Fields | Description |
| Degradation | Poly | Pa_ext | Extent of desertification |
| Pa_cause | Causes of desertification | ||
| Pa_imp | degradation impact | ||
| Pa_rate | rate of degradation | ||
| Pa_drem | degradation remarks | ||
| Pa_ctype | rehabilitation/conservation measures type | ||
| Pa_cext | rehabilitation/conservation measures extent | ||
| Pa_crem | conservation remarks |
