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1. Investing in Maintaining Mobility in Pastoral Systems of the Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa
   A paper covering trends in pastoral mobility, underlying causes of the loss of mobility, impacts, rationale for investment, and policy options and recommendations.
   12-15-2006 : africa, arid lands, kenya, nomads, pastoral systems, semi-arid lands, sub-saharan africa
2. Managing Arid and Semi-Arid Watersheds
   'A project to bring 50 years of data on research watersheds and the different vegetation types in the Central Highlands of Arizona to the public by way of a web site featuring unique tools on arid and semiarid watershed management.'
   12-09-2006 : arid lands, semi-arid lands, water, watersheds
3. International Arid Lands Consortium
   '... an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the problems and solutions unique to arid and semiarid regions. IALC promotes cooperative research and practical application of new knowledge to develop sustainable ecological practices.' Has a newsletter and many links
   12-09-2006 : arid lands, ecology, environment
4. ALEC: Healthy Futures for Arid Lands and People
   'ALEC is a community and membership based 'not for profit' association that investigates, networks, informs, advocates and acts on environmental and sustainable development issues applicable to the arid zone and desert communities.'
   12-09-2006 : arid lands, deserts, environment, sustainable development
5. Natural Resources and Rural Development in Arid Lands: Case Studies from Sudan
   A free online e-book.
   12-09-2006 : arid lands, case studies, natural resources, rural development, sudan
6. ALIN [Arid Lands Information Network] Eastern Africa
   'Arid Lands Information Network-EAstern Africa (ALIN-EA) promotes the exchange of ideas and experiences among grassroots change agents as away of enabling them learn from one another through Capacity building and Innovative use of ICTs.'
   12-08-2006 : arid lands, eastern africa, kenya
7. Office of Arid Lands Studies ... understanding and managing drylands
   Faculty publications are available for free download.
   12-08-2006 : arid lands
8. Desertification of Arid Land
   Research paper about goes into detail about desertification.
   12-08-2006 : arid lands, desertification
9. Yahoo! Sustainable Development
   A directory of various aspects of sustainable development.
   12-07-2006 : architecture, arid lands, brownfields, commercial planning, corporate accountability, energy, events, forestry, global change, government agencies, green weddings, industrial ecology, institutes, journals, life cycle assessment, mountains, organizations, product stewardship, rainwater collection, renewable energy, rural development, sustainable agriculture, sustainable development, sustainable event planning, voluntary simplicity, water, web directories, xeriscaping
10. Africa: Explore the Regions: Sahara
    Information about the world's largest desert, whose 'size defies imagination: 3.3 million square miles or around 25 percent of Africa.' Includes information about human inhabitants, and the ecosystem (plants, animals, topography, rainfall). Also includes information about specific countries. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : arid lands, blue veils, deserts, ecology, nomads, sahara, salt caravans, semi-nomadic groups, tuaregs
11. Mojave National Preserve
    Explores the area between the Great Basin and Sonoran deserts, '1.6 million acres of mountains, jumble rocks, desert washes, and dry lakes.' Includes desert ecology, geology, history, maps, recreation, and more.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : animals, arid lands, culture, desert ecology, desert washes, deserts, dry lakes, education, geology, glossary, great basin desert, history, jumble rocks, management issues, maps, mojave desert (california), mojave national preserve (california), mountains, national parks and reserves, plants, recreation, sonan desert
12. Arid Lands Newsletter
    Focuses on global events and issues relating to arid areas. Covers water management, ecotourism, small farm management, urban agriculture, desertification, biodiversity, desert literature, and desert architecture.
    11-07-2006 : arid lands, biodiversity, desert architecture, desert literature, desertification, ecotourism, small farm management, urban agriculture, water management
13. Topics in Development
    A wide range of development topics with links to documents, projects, and resources.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    10-10-2006 : agriculture, aids, anti-corruption, arid lands, avian flu, banking systems, biodiversity, capital markets, child mortality, children, climate change, closure, commodity risk management, community driven development, debt issues, debt relief, debt sustainability, definitions, development and faiths, development goals, development: rural, disclosure, drylands, early childhood, east asia, economic impact, education, energy, environment, evaluation monitoring, faiths and development, fiduciary policies, financial sect, fiscal policy, forests, gender equality, gender studies, girls: secondary, girls: tertiary, global monitoring, globalization, health, hipc, information communication, information technology, infrastructure, insolvency, international development topics, internet, knowledge sharing, land policy, law and justice, macroeconomics and growth, malaria, markets and reform, millennium development goals, mining, monetary policy, motherhood: safe, nutrition, oil gas, outbreak maps, participation, payment systems, policies, population, poverty, rural development, safeguard policies, semi-arid lands, social impact, telecommunications, youth
14. Dry Farming
    'Research at the Centre focuses on integrated pest management, biotechnology, germplasm enhancement, resource management and production systems.'
    08-16-2006 : agriculture, arid lands, biotechnology, farming, germplasm enhancement, integrated pest management, production systems, resource management

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