- Africa in Crisis
The Causes, The Cures of Environmental Bankruptcy Resource Type: Book Africa in Crisis looks at the causes of African famine and how it is a symbol of a much deeper crisis. African droughts and famines are not just the results of a lack of rain but the end result of a long deterioration in the ability of Africans to feed themselves caused by mistakes made by governments both inside and outside the continent.
- Desertification
Resource Type: Book Published: 1982 A decade ago the Sahel drought killed thousands of people and millions of animals. It focused world attention on the dangers and causes of desertification. This book examines the reasons: overcultivation, overgrazing, deforestation and bad irrigation.
- Over-grazing and desertification in the Syrian steppe are the root causes of war
Resource Type: Article Published: 2015 Civil war in Syria is the result of the desertification of the ecologically fragile Syrian steppe, which began in 1958 when the former Bedouin commons were opened up to unrestricted grazing. That led to a wider ecological, hydrological and agricultural collapse.
- The World Without Us
Resource Type: Book Published: 2007 A thought experiment to see what would happen to the planet if human beings simply disappeared.
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