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This document provides information about droughts and desertification. It begins by outlining the lesson outcomes, which are to define drought and desertification, examine their causes from climate change and human activities, discuss their effects on people and the environment, and design a management plan. It then introduces the topics and provides definitions of drought as a long period of below average rainfall and desertification as fertile land becoming desert. The document discusses the causes of each, including climate factors and human activities like overgrazing. It outlines effects such as food shortages, starvation, and environmental damage. Finally, it discusses management strategies for droughts like monitoring weather and restricting water usage, and for desertification through afforestation and soil management programs.Read less