The dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The term desertification was coined to convey this drama of pressing and interconnected issues in drylands, but human-induced land degradation extends beyond drylands or forests.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 3] Reference

Protecting forests to stop desertification is a major step towards strengthening our common global environment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobel Peace Prize 2004] Reference

Let me speak a moment about desertification, which is a long word that I suspect few people here are familiar with and few are experts in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing By David Sandalow] Reference

When I visited the Wodaabe Tribe in the Sahal they had never heard of the word desertification but they knew better than anyone that their soil was exhausted.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Do It Our Way] Reference

A Global effect of climate change known as desertification is advancing the Gobi and currently threatens more than 400 million people in several Chinese provinces.    From Wordnik.com.  [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference

The SADC meeting aims to formulate regional policies on matters such as desertification, climate change and biodiversity.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

A process called "desertification" occurs near areas that have been deforested once the trees stop recycling moisture back into the atmosphere to fall as rain somewhere down wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Stein: We're Running Our World Like a Ponzi Scheme!] Reference

An interesting history of the concept "desertification" is given.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clipmarks | Live Clips] Reference

While the off-shoring and subsequent 'desertification' of the US economy proceeds apace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conceptual Guerilla - Central Command in the War of Ideas] Reference

Many nations say the talks lack urgency compared to threats such as desertification, floods and heatwaves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

Issues such as desertification, scarcity of water and cultural identity were approached in a way which suits Qatar and the region.    From Wordnik.com.  [AMEinfo.com Latest News] Reference

Bangladesh's traditional stand is that any construction of a dam by India, the upper riparian state, leads to 'desertification' of its land.    From Wordnik.com.  [India eNews] Reference

Its mission is to examine the national security impact of phenomena such as desertification, rising sea levels, population shifts and heightened competition for natural resources.    From Wordnik.com.  [Disinformation] Reference

Further desertification could be ameliorated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Jonah Goldberg: Concerns About Climate Change Are ‘Millenarian Battiness’] Reference

Environment -- current issues: land degradation/desertification.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Logging, indiscriminate cutting for firewood and desertification.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Non-Fuzzy Earth Day] Reference

Environment -- current issues: tap water is not potable; desertification.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Environment -- current issues: inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Environment -- current issues: deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Environment -- current issues: overgrazing; desertification; limited fresh water resources.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Environment -- current issues: very limited natural fresh water resources; desertification.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

We are losing yet more to soil erosion, salinization, overexploitation and desertification.    From Wordnik.com.  [Farmland: The Next Boom?] Reference

Environment -- current issues: desertification; salination of fresh water; sewage treatment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Environment -- current issues: deforestation; desertification; water-borne diseases prevalent.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Ecological collapse -- increasing desertification and deforestation -- affects the whole planet.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Longing For Liberty] Reference

Klaus Topher: There's a growing water shortage, global warming, desertification and deforestation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greening The Global Agenda] Reference

Environment -- current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

China, keep in mind the degraded state of China's upland soils and the rapid desertification going on in their semi-arid west.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

Environment -- current issues: limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Environment -- current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Environment -- current issues: deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing; loss of infrastructure from civil warfare.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Environment -- current issues: water-borne diseases are prevalent; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; poaching; overfishing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Environment -- current issues: soil degradation; rapid deforestation; desertification; recent droughts in north severely affecting marginal agricultural activities.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Environment -- current issues: inadequate supplies of potable water; improper waste disposal in rural areas contributes to soil and water pollution; desertification.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

In addition to harvesting and using its seeds to produce oil, it could be used to fight desertification in dry areas and as a support for vanilla vines in humid regions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: Prospects of War] Reference

These demands, often caused by economic pressures on farmers from systems of aid and price controls, can lead to erosion, desertification, worker exploitation, and more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ari Hart: Sustainable Food, Sustainable Faith] Reference

Environment -- current issues: tap water is not potable; poaching has diminished its reputation as one of the last great wildlife refuges; desertification; deforestation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Climate change and desertification, urbanization of coastal areas, and weak governance and insecurity in many parts of the world indicate that displacement will increase.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric Schwartz: The Challenge of Disaster Response: Lessons on World Humanitarian Day] Reference

Environment -- current issues: soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Environment -- current issues: deforestation; inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing, overpopulation in forest region.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference