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'Desertification'—A timely synthesis of three decades of evidence that this topic has (long) passed its sell-by date

‘Desertification’—A timely synthesis of three decades of evidence that this topic has (long) passed its sell-by date

Goats graze drylands in the dry season in Zimbabwe (photo credit: ICRISAT/Swathi Sridharan).

The picture of the Sahara as marching inexorably south year after year is incorrect and was, moreover, an illusion created not by livestock over-use but rather by a recent string of dry years. Indeed, decades of satellite data are now confirming that the southern edge of the Sahara periodically moves…

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Unpacking transdisciplinary research (the REALLY hard science)

Unpacking transdisciplinary research (the REALLY hard science)

Minoan bronze figure from Crete of an acrobat jumping over a bull (image reproduced on Labyrinthos Potnia website).

The following excerpt is the beginning of a candid and thoughtful article by Ian Scoones, of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), at Sussex University, about an international symposium, One Health for the Real World: zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing, that took place at the…

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