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    Drying out
    This fall, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) launched the Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification, an effort to protect and preserve drylands, currently under threat from desertification, land ...
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    Famine in Somalia
    On July 20, the United Nations announced that the persistent, widespread drought in the Horn of Africa has led to famine in two areas of Somalia. The region is experiencing acute malnutrition rates of 30 percent or higher among children, ...
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    Improving Pastoralist Livelihoods in the Horn of Africa
    The 2010-2011 drought in the Horn of Africa affected over 13 million people, most of whom were pastoralists. Pastoralists are people who earn a living by raising livestock, producing firewood and charcoal, and a variety of other non-salaried ...