Present-day Drylands. Desertification refers to the persistent degradation of dryland ecosystems by climatic variations and human activities. It occurs on all continents (except Antarctica) and affects the livelihoods of millions of people, including a large proportion of the poor in drylands.
Elizabeth Bradshaw is a Psychotherapist specializing in Child Adolescent and Adult psycotherapy in the Bay Area, specifically in San Francisco and Oakland. Dr. Elizabeth Bradshaw Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychotherapy
Laurie Halse Andersonâs Chains, published by Simon & Schuster in 2008, is a young adult novel. The main character is Isabel, a thirteen-year-old slave who works for the Locktons, a Loyalist family in Manhattan with her sister, Ruth. Isabel suffers under the cruelty of Mrs. Lockton.