| 1. | Experts from france , italy , greece , spain , morocco and tunisia last week spent a day at the university of valencia , and in their conclusions they highlighted that 40% - almost half - the territory of the mediterranean area is under threat of desertification , which , furthermore , may be aggravated by fires , erosion , pests and climate change; that the average amount of burnt land increases each year by three thousand hectares , and that in order to combat this problem they will submit - they said , the poor dreamers - these conclusions to the fao and the european union , since , they said , prevention policies are needed.
des experts provenant de france , d' italie , de grèce , d' espagne , du maroc et de tunisie se sont réunis la semaine dernière à l' université de valence (espagne) et leurs conclusions soulignent que 40 % du territoire de l'arc méditerranéen -c' est-à-dire presque la moitié- est menacé de désertification. en outre , cette dernière peut se voir aggravée par les incendies , l' érosion , les catastrophes naturelles et les changements climatiques. |
