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E. International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

They prefer areas in the nesting season that have access to both upland and wetland areas, though they feed almost entirely in dry areas.

Habitat American cockroaches generally live in moist areas, but can survive in dry areas if they have access to water.

In areas with a marked dry season, it sheds its leaves during the drought, but in other areas it is virtually evergreen.

In some areas, sea caves may have dry upper levels, lifted above the active littoral zone by regional uplift.

Background The Desertification Convention Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi arid, and dry sub humid areas.

At the same time, UNU has also involved African countries in a research project on traditional water management in dry areas.

Besides damaging books, they also sometimes infest food storage areas, where they feed on dry, starchy materials.

Among the technology options for rural sanitation, for example, dry latrines conserve water, offering particular benefits in arid or drought prone areas.

Sweet sorghum is easier and cheaper to grow than other biofuel crops in India and does not require irrigation, an important consideration in dry areas.

Some regions on the south coast, such as the Liguanea Plain and the Pedro Plains, are relatively dry rain shadow areas.

Other areas, such as the dry forests and spiny forests of the west and south, receive little protection and are in serious danger of being destroyed.

The McMonnies Ho dry eye questionnaire is often used in clinical studies of dry eyes.

Since the Twenty fourth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, three new Antarctic Specially Protected Areas and two new Antarctic Specially Managed Areas were designated, including the McMurdo Dry Valleys that form the largest relatively ice free region in Antarctica.

With the start of the dry season, tens of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons have started returning to some of the most impoverished areas in Africa.

In Asia, cooperation under TPN 2 on agroforestry and soil conservation in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas continued through a workshop that was organized in January 2005 in India.

Dry China

United States dry quart The US dry quart is equal to 1 4 of a US dry gallon, exactly 1.101220942715 litres.

The blue iguana prefers dwelling in rocky, sunlit, open areas in dry forests or near the shore, as the females must dig holes in the sand to lay eggs in June and July.

who says to the deep, 'Be dry,' and 'I will dry up your rivers '

That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers

It is also noted that in a context of a sustained population dynamic in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid dry areas, the strategies to be devised must take account of the characteristics of the land that can be exploited in a sustainable way, so as to support the populations' lifestyles and ways of making a living.

The stakeholders and institutions of the affected countries have not yet succeeded in adopting innovative and attractive approaches for medium and long term investments in their arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas.

Does it dry up

My mouth was dry.

She has dry hair.

The well ran dry.

Desertification is defined by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification as land degradation in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities .

It was also found that up to 30 35 per cent of the soil in those areas was water ice. This completely changed the earlier idea of Mars as a dry waterless planet.

Reasserting its commitment to promoting desertification control, eradicating extreme poverty, promoting sustainable development in arid, semi arid and dry sub humid areas and improving the livelihoods of people affected by drought and or desertification,

This pen has run dry.

This pen has run dry.

The river is running dry.

Cut, wash and dry, please.

Winter is the dry season.

Those are just dry statistics.

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Mark Shaw One very dry demo

Then made it dry and dark .

that shoots sparks like dry faggots ,

Then made it dry and dark .

It is also extremely dry at cruising altitude, and this causes sore eyes, dry skin and mucosa on long flights.

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

During 2005 the two secretariats have collaborated on work programme elements relating to the status and trends of biodiversity in dry and sub humid lands and the development of criteria and indicators for specific areas of value.