Desertification Quotes

We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place. - Gunther Grass

There have always been tensions and conflicts between agricultural and pastoral practices but desertification has accentuated them. - Yakubu Dalhat

In terms of votes, the populations that are most affected by desertification may not be the most important ones. With a few exceptions, the authorities, including at the state level, show little interest in this struggle. - Yakubu Dalhat

I would not go to the extent of global desertification, because preventing rainfall in a particular region would leave the vapor in the air and that would eventually rain more elsewhere. So it is more likely that the increased pollution will cause more extreme weather, leading to more droughts in some places and more floods in others. - Daniel Rosenfeld

Beyond the borders of wealthy countries like the United States, in developing countries where most people in the world live, the impacts of climate change are much more deadly, from the growing desertification of Africa to the threats of rising sea levels and the submersion of small island nations. - Amy Goodman