This Practical Guide to Good Practice has grown out of the experiences of UNEP, the Tour Operators, Initiative for Sustainable Development (TOI) and its partners.

This Practical Guide to Good Practice has grown out of the experiences of UNEP, the Tour Operators, Initiative for Sustainable Development (TOI) and its partners.

The World Atlas of Desertification summarises the state of scientific knowledge on the drylands of the globe. Representing in graphic form the current state of our understanding of desertification, as well as its extent and possible solutions, it contains an extraordinary amount of information of value to students and experts alike. It clearly shows that desertiflcation is one of the world's most pressing environmental problems, and that it is a truly global issue.

This study is the product of a co-operative venture between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and the international Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). UNRISD was requested by UNEP to prepare an annotated bibliography and a literature review of the principal issues concerning the social dimensions of desertification, as a contribution to the international workshop, "Listening to the People", organized by UNEP, in December 1993.