Editors Preface<br>Foreword<br>Chapter 1 Introduction to Deserts and Desertified regions in China; G.A. Heshmati<br>Chapter 2 Controlling Sand Movement through Mechanical Measures: China's Experience; G.A. Heshmati<br>Chapter 3 Successful Biological methods for combating desertification at degraded areas of China; G.A. Heshmati<br>Chapter 4 Libya: Reversal of land degradation and desertification through better land management; Ali M Saad, Noresh M Shariff and S. Gariola;<br>Chapter 5 Desertification and its control in Morocco; Y. Hammouzaki<br>Chapter 6 Egypt: Land degradation issues with special reference to the impact of Climate Change; Kh. Darwish, M. Safaa, A. Momou and S.A. Saleh<br>Chapter7 Combating Desertification in Kenya; P.M. Nguru and D.K. Rono<br>Chapter 8 Lesotho: desertification control program; S. Moshoeshoe. and M. Sekantsi<br>Chapter 9 Desert Environments of Republic of Chad; Hakim Djibril<br>Chapter 10 Desertification Control in Niger: The medium Term Action Plan 2006-2011; Ibrahim Abdou<br>Chapter 11 Mongolia: Country Features, the Main Causes of Desertification and Remediation Efforts; O. Dorj, M. Enkhbold, S. Lkhamyanjin, Kh. Mijiddorj, A. Nosmoo, M. Puntsagnamil, U. Sainjargal<br>Chapter 12 Arid Land Development and Combating Desertification in Pakistan; M.Shahbaz, Muhammad Khalid Rafiq, Taj Naseeb Khan<br>Chapter 13 Uzbekistan: Rehabilitation of Desert Rangelands affected by Salinity, to Improve Food Security, Combat Desertification and maintain the Natural Resource Base; K.N. Toderich, E.V.Shuyskaya T.F Rajabov, Shoaib Ismail, M. , Shaumarov, Yoshiko Kawabata , LI E.V.<br>Chapter 14 Review of efforts to Combat Desertification and arrest and reverse land degradation in Myanmar; N.N.O. Weine<br>Chapter15 The Philippines Action Plan to Combat Desertification, Land Degradation, Drought and Poverty/a; G. M. Castro Jr.<br>Chapter 16 Managing Arid Areas and Sand Dunes in Sri Lanka; R. P.M. Weerasinghe<br>Chapter 17 Indigenous plant species from the drylands of Iran, distribution and potential for habitat maintenance and repair; G.A Heshmati<br>Chapter 18 Soil and Water Conservation for Desertification control in Iran; Najafi Nejad<br>Chapter 19 Land Degradation in The Sultanate of Oman: Reasons and Interventions Measures; H. Al-Hashmi<br>Chapter 20 Desert Development: how does it relate to anti desertification measures? Victor R. Squires<br>Chapter 21 Replication and scaling up: where to from here? Victor R. Squires<br>Appendix List of the full botanical names of plants with authorities<br>Index
