Editor:
Exequiel Ezcurra, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California,
USA
Technical copyeditors:
Margaret Dykens, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego,
California, USA
Isolina Martínez, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California,
USA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Authors:
Timo Maukonen, UNEP DEWA, Nairobi, Kenya
Kakuko Nagatani, DEWA, UNEP-ROLAC, Mexico City, Mexico
Marcus Lee, UNEP DEWA, Nairobi, Kenya
Exequiel Ezcurra, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California,
USA
CHAPTER 1: NATURAL HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE WORLD ’S
DESERTS
Lead author:
Exequiel Ezcurra, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California,
USA
Contributing authors:
Charlotte González, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego,
California, USA
Eric Mellink, Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de
Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada, Mexico
Scott Morrison, The Nature Conservancy, California, USA
Andrew Warren, Department of Geography, University College London, UK
Elisabet Wehncke, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego,
California, USA
Box authors:
David Dent, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Paul Driessen, ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands
CHAPTER 2 - PEOPLE AND DESERTS
Lead author:
Mary Seely, Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
Contributing authors:
Ahmed I. Al-Amoud, College of Agriculture, Riyadh, Saudia Arabia
Dawn Chatty, University of Oxford, UK
Joh Henschel, Gobabeb Training and Research Centre, Gobabeb, Namibia
Jill Kinahan, Quaternary Research Services, Windhoek, Namibia
John Kinahan, Quaternary Research Services, Windhoek, Namibia
Patrik Klintenberg, Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, Windhoek,
Namibia
Alejandro León, Las Cardas Experiment Station, Chile
Scott Morrison, The Nature Conservancy, San Diego, California, USA
Conrad Roedern, Solar Age, Windhoek, Namibia
Box authors:
Elena Abraham, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas,
Mendoza, Argentina
Richard S. Felger, Drylands Institute, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Pietro Laureano, IPOGEA — Centro Studi Italiano sulle Conoscenze
Tradicionali e Locali, Matera, Italy
David Mouat, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada
Boris A. Portnov, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
Uriel Safriel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Sabine Schmidt, Initiative for People Centred Conservation, New Zealand
Nature Institute, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Maurizio Sciortino, Centro Ricerche Casaccia — ENEA, Rome, Italy
Andrew Warren, University College London, London, UK
Daniel Zohary, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
CHAPTER 3: DESERTS AND THE PLANET — LINKAGES BETWEEN
DESERTS AND NON-DESERTS
Lead author:
Uriel Safriel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Contributing authors:
Pinchas Alpert, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Uzi Avner, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Eilat, Israel
Yoram Ayal, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion,
Israel
Niels H. Batjes, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen, The
Netherlands
Noah Brosch, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Rex Cates, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
Dan Cohen, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Thomas Deméré, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California,
USA
David Dent, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Exequiel Ezcurra, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California,
USA
Avi Golan-Goldhirsh, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-
Gurion, Israel
Elli Groner, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion,
Israel
Emanuel Mazor, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Scott Morrison, The Nature Conservancy, California, USA
Christian Nellemann, UNEP GRID-Arendal /NINA, Lillehammer, Norway
Berry Pinshow, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion,
Israel
Boris A. Portnov, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
Daniel Rosenfeld, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Haim Shafir, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
William H. Schlesinger, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Moshe Schwartz, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-
Gurion, Israel
Ina Tegen, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Anastasios Tsonis, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Andrew Warren, University College London, London, UK
Robin P. White, U.S. Geological Survey, Kearneysville, West Virginia, USA
Box author:
Uriel Safriel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
CHAPTER 4. STATE AND TRENDS OF THE WORLD DESERTS
Lead authors:
Stella Navone, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elena Abraham, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas,
Mendoza, Argentina
Contributing authors:
Marta Bargiela, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
David Dent, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Cecilia Espoz-Alsina, Pontius S.A., Rochester, New York, USA
Alejandro Maggi, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elma Montaña, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas,
Mendoza, Argentina
Scott Morrison, The Nature Conservancy, California, USA
Gabriela Pastor, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hector Rosatto, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mario Salomón, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas,
Mendoza, Argentina
Dario Soria, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas,
Mendoza, Argentina
Laura Torres, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas,
Mendoza, Argentina
Box authors:
Elena Abraham, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas,
Mendoza, Argentina
Marta Bargiela, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Walter Massad, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Clara Movia, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Stella Navone, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fidel A. Roig, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas,
Mendoza, Argentina
Sergio Roig-Juñent, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas
Áridas, Mendoza, Argentina
Laura Torres, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas,
Mendoza, Argentina
CHAPTER 5. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES:CHANGE, DEVELOPMENT,
AND CONSERVATION
Lead author:
Andrew Warren, University College London, London, UK
Contributing authors:
Martin A. Green, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Stefanie M. Herrmann, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Conrad Roedern, Solar Age Namibia Ltd., Windhoek, Namibia
Uriel Safriel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
CHAPTER 6. DESERT OUTLOOK AND OPTIONS FOR ACTION
Lead authors:
Stefanie M. Herrmann, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Charles F. Hutchinson, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Section authors:
David Dent, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Scott Morrison, The Nature Conservancy, California, USA
Kakuko Nagatani, DEWA, UNEP-ROLAC, Mexico City, Mexico
Christian Nellemann, UNEP GRID-Arendal /NINA, Lillehammer, Norway
Andrew Warren, University College London, London, UK
Contributing authors:
Ablimit Abdukadir, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China.
Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP GRID-Arendal, Lillehammer, Norway
Robert Alkemade, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP),
Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Michel Bakkenes, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP),
Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Ben ten Brink, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP),
Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Exequiel Ezcurra, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego,
California, USA
Ole-Gunnar Støen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway
Bjørn P. Kaltenborn, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Lillehammer,
Norway
Lera Miles, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK
Tonnie Tekelenburg Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
(MNP), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Mary Seely, Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
Ingunn Vistnes, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway
Andrew Warren, University College London, London, UK
Participants of the Review Meetings in Mendoza, Argentina
(6‑8 September 2005) and Gobabeb, Namibia (24‑27 January 2006):
Elena Abraham, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas,
Mendoza, Argentina
David Dent, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Exequiel Ezcurra, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego,
California, USA
Stefanie M. Herrmann, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Timo Maukonen, UNEP DEWA, Nairobi, Kenya
Scott Morrison, The Nature Conservancy, California, USA
Kakuko Nagatani, DEWA, UNEP-ROLAC, Mexico City, Mexico
Stella Navone, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Christian Nellemann, UNEP GRID-Arendal /NINA, Lillehammer, Norway
Uriel Safriel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Mary Seely, Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
Ashbindu Singh, UNEP DEWA - North America, Washington, D.C., USA
Guido Soto, Water Center for Arid Zone and Semi Arid Zone in Latin
America and the Caribbean, La Serena, Chile
Wang Tao, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering
Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
Andrew Warren, University College London, London, UK
Reviewers:
H. Gyde Lund, Forest Information Services, Gainesville, VA, USA
Mohamed Sessay, UNEP DGEF, Nairobi, Kenya
Mark Stafford-Smith, Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre, Alice
Springs, Australia
Anna Tengberg, UNEP DGEF, Nairobi, Kenya
Wu Zhongze, National Bureau to Combat Desertification (NBCD), Beijing,
China
UNEP technical staff:
Marcus Lee, UNEP DEWA, Nairobi, Kenya
Timo Maukonen, UNEP DEWA, Nairobi, Kenya
Kakuko Nagatani, DEWA, UNEP-ROLAC, Mexico City, Mexico
Bruce W. Pengra, USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and
Science, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Ashbindu Singh, DEWA, UNEP-North America, Washington D.C., USA
Hua Shi, UNEP/GRID, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Support staff at UNEP Nairobi and Mexico City:
María Teresa Hurtado Badiola
Beth Ingraham
Ruth Mukundi
Jennifer Odallo
Esther Mendoza Ramos
Audrey Ringler
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