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Causes and effects of desertification
Geoff Riley
7th August 2017
A link here to a comprehensive background article on the causes and effects of desertification.
By 2020, 60 million people from sub-Saharan Africa are expected to migrate because of desertification. Read more here.
A special report on desertification appeared here in the Guardian (July 2017)
Senegal's Great Green Wall combats desertification
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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