In this issue: Shifting Sands and Human Sorrow: Social response to drought and desertification; Camel Vs Cattle Pastoralism: stopping desert spread; African Drought and its Impacts: Revived interest in a recurrent phenomenon; Rethinking Forestry Strategy in Africa: Experience drawn from USAID activities; Grassland Revegetation by Land Imprinting: a new option in desertification control; etc.