In this issue: UNEP Coverning Council Special Session: Desertification; Implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification (PACD) 1978-1991; Environmental Degradation and Pessible Solutions for Restoring the Land: A Case Study of Magnesite Mining in the Indian Central Himalayas; Land Degradation Status; Salinizalion of Soil and Water and its Relation to Desertification; Desertiflcation Assessment and Mapping in the pre-Aral Region; Regional Activities in Africa; etc.