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desertification: a standalone construct

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persistent loss of productivity in drylands through combined climate and human pressures on land and people.

In environmental science, desertification refers to persistent loss of productivity in drylands through combined climate and human pressures on land and people. This meaning comes from Reynolds (2007) in Science.[1]

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  1. Reynolds, J. F., Smith, D. M. S., Lambin, E. F., Turner, B. L., Mortimore, M., Batterbury, S. P. J., Downing, T. E., Dowlatabadi, H., Fernández, R. J., Herrick, J. E., Huber-Sannwald, E., Jiang, H., Leemans, R., Lynam, T., Maestre, F. T., Ayarza, M., & Walker, B. (2007). Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development. Science, 316(5826), 847-851. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1131634

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