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Tables of Contents for Greening the Deserts
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
9
4
Camilla Toulmin
Preface
13
4
Seiei Tohyama
Deserts, Lands of Hope
17
24
Masao Tohyama
The Water Planet
21
4
Where the Deserts Are
25
2
Types of Deserts
27
2
How Did Deserts Arise?
29
3
The Desert's Agricultural Resources
32
3
Developing the Deserts
35
2
Greening: Obstacles and Prospects
37
4
Farming the Dunes in Japan
41
24
Seiei Tohyama
Cultivating the Dunes
44
6
The Sun Rises in the West
50
2
The Advantages of Dune Farming
52
2
The Dunes Flourish
54
5
Appeasing the Water God
59
2
The Sand Dune Research Society of Japan
61
4
Frustration in Iran, Success in Mexico
65
48
Masao Tohyama
The Deserts of Iran
65
2
Extensive or Intensive Farming?
67
2
Anchoring the Moving Dunes
69
4
The Deserts of Peru and Chile
73
4
The Deserts of Argentina and Brazil
77
1
Baja California
78
11
Arrival in Guerrero Negro
89
5
Guerrero Negro's Climate
94
5
Setting Up the Experimental Farm
99
7
Greenery at Last
106
7
Greening the Chinese Deserts
113
50
Seiei Tohyama
The Deserts of China
114
5
Local Efforts at Greening
119
2
1979: Inspecting the Deserts
121
5
1984: My Plans Take Shape
126
2
1986: Inspecting Northern China
128
10
1987: Innovations in Viticulture and Sand Control
138
2
The Wonders of Kudzu
140
4
1986: The Kudzu Project Begins
144
3
1987: Experiments with Kudzu
147
5
Expanding Mao's Great Wall of Greenery
152
5
1992: A Forest for World Peace
157
2
No Achievement Without a Start
159
4
Farming in an Egyptian Desert
163
10
Masao Tohyama
The Challenge of Salt
166
1
Success in Egypt
167
6
Greening for the Future
173
10
Masao Tohyama
Tapping the Desert's Resources
174
4
Local and International Cooperation
178
5
APPENDIX: HIGHLY ABSORBENT RESINS
183
10
Masao Tohyama
The Advantages of SAPs
185
1
Some Case Studies
186
4
Experiments with Peat
190
3
Index
193