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programme, ERMES Project (Environmental Response 
of Mediterranean Ecological Systems) and 
international research groups working on 
desertification in arid and semi-arid regions. 
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
The authors of the report wish to acknowledge the 
assistance of Dr. A. Krupnik, Dr. A. Peled and Dr. 
M. Shoshany in providing data for this report.