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Overgrazing accelerating soil erosion in northern Mexico

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Continental biodiversity and plants improvement, Natural risks and vulnerability , Observation and modeling tools - Mexico

November 2007

In the countries of the South, erosion is a process often exacerbated by the high rainfall that affects these regions during the wet season. Recent research conducted in Mexico by the IRD and its partners and continued as an observation system by one of them since the end of the IRD-CENID RASPA ...

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Satellite methods for monitoring volcanic activity in the Andes Cordillera

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Observation and modeling tools, Natural risks and vulnerability - Chile

September 2007

The central region of the Andes Cordillera is a mountainous area bearing a dense array of several dozen active or potentially active volcanoes. The high elevation of these volcanic structures and conditions that make access difficult, and sometimes dangerous during active periods, make ...

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Tunisia’s arid regions: how can desertification control and socio-economic development be reconciled?

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Water and soil ressources, Human and social sciences, Natural risks and vulnerability , Continental biodiversity and plants improvement - Tunisia

January 2007

How can socio-economic development and environmental conservation be reconciled in the difficult context of a region threatened by desertification? That is the objective of the research project IRD researchers and their local partners initiated in Jeffara, in South-East Tunisia. The team of ...

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