In this issue: A New Desertification Map in Asia; Landscape Ecological Mapping of Land Degradation in the Volgograd Region; Refining the Ecological Aspects of Disequilibrium Theories for Africa's Pastoral Drylands; Developing a Holistic Plan to Manage Desertification and Water Shortages in the Badia Region in Jordan Using Remote Sensing and GIS; Causes and Impacts of Declining Resources in the Eastern Sahel; etc.