Figure 4.1. Key Desertification-related Findings of the MA Scenarios

Rates of change in the extent of desertified areas in the drylands: Solid lines indicate the best case; dashed lines indicate the worst case for desertification in each of the MA scenarios.

Scenarios:	Globalized		Regionalized
	Reactive	Proactive	Reactive	Proactive
	Global Orchestration	TechnoGarden	Order from Strength	Adapting Mosaic
Desertification trends:
worst case best case
Pressure exerted by 3 desertification factors:
Irrigation	decreasing	increasing	increasing	remaining the same
Poverty	decreasing	increasing	strongly increasing	increasing	remaining the same
Climate Change	strongly increasing	remaining the same	strongly increasing	increasing

Source: based on MA  Desertification Synthesis Report (2005), p.12

Desertification

Figure 1.1. Schematic Description of Development Pathways in Drylands

Figure 1.2. Land Uses in Drylands

Figure 2.1. Comparison of Infant Mortality and GNP per Person in Drylands and Other MA Systems in Asia

Figure 4.1. Key Desertification-related Findings of the MA Scenarios

Figure 6.1. Linkages and Feedback Loops among Desertification, Global Climate Change, and Biodiversity Loss

Appendix A: Present-day Drylands and Their Categories

Box 7.1Droughts in the Sahel Region: Lessons Learned and Knowledge Gaps

Figure 7.1. Overlap of Urban Areas with the Four Dryland Categories

Box 4.1. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Scenarios

Table 1.1. Key Dryland Ecosystem Services