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Created : Nov 12, 2009 Published : Jan 01, 2002 Last modified : Nov 29, 2012 11:35 AM

Sensitivity to desertification and drought in the Mediterranean Basin

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Oct 12, 2005 - Sensitivity to desertification in the northern Mediterranean

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20 Aug 2003

Tags:

climate | soil | DISMED | Mediterranean | land cover | desertification | drought | geographic | vegetation

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Desertification Information System for the Mediterranean (DIS/MED)

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The European Topic Centre on Land Use and Spatial Information

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The Sensitivity Desertification Index (SDI) is derived from three datasets (also maps): Vegetation Sensitivity Index, Soil Sensitivity Index and Climate Sensitivity Index.

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Desertification in the Mediterranean region

Desertification in the Mediterranean region The European Topic Centre on Terrestrial Environment (ETC-TE) has been asked by the European Environment Agency (EEA) to support the development of a sensitivity mapping on desertification and drought in the Mediterranean countries at scale 1 : 1.000.000

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Filed under: climate, soil, DISMED, Mediterranean, land cover, desertification, drought, geographic, vegetation

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