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Researchers develop tool to assess the risk of desertification

Posted on October 10, 2008

Researchers from the Universidad Polit cnica de Madrid (UPM) have designed a method based on dynamic simulation models to define the indicators for the risk of desertification of a particular region in the long term, thus forecasting whether or not the current land use situation is sustainable.Using a general model of desertification, researchers from the Escuela T cnica Superior de Ingenieros Agr nomos of the Universidad Polit cnica de Madrid managed by Javier Ib ez have developed indicators that predict the future state of an area and hence the sustainability of current land use. This...

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