Research is the art of discovery. As more is learned, old dogmas are overturned. Desertification research is no exception. Follow the links to learn about controversies that have major implications for solving desertification-related problems.

The haunting spectre of advancing deserts

More people cause more dryland degradation; or do they?

Is it mainly the poor who degrade the drylands?

Soil mining: myth or reality?

Do investments in dry areas pay off?