In this issue: The Third Conference of the Parties to the Convention to Combat Desertification; Role of Business in Sustainable Development; Concept of Desertification in the Southern Russian Federation; Carbon Sequestration in Mediterranean Basin Drylands: Prospects and Challenges; Salt-affected Soils of the Nile Higher Terraces and Traditional Reclamation in Northern Sudan; Carbon Sequestration: a Powerful Incentive for Combating Desertification; Masters of Disaster in Cholistan Desert, Pakistan: Pattern of Nomadic Migration; Wind Erosion in North Kordufan State. Sudan; Aeolian Sediment Movements in Lower Alluvial Plain, Iraq; Eco-Regeneration and Runoff Collection in Cholistan; Land-use Compatibility Index for Assessing Agricultural Sustainability in Uromieh, Iran; Degradation of Forest Reserves in Zambia: A Case Study of Muyama in Central Zambia; Dryland Forest Conservation in South-west Madagascar; etc.