Patrick Gonzalez

Desertification: A Walk Through West Africa

Each year, the world loses more grasslands, croplands and even forests to encroaching deserts. Desertification threatens one-third of the earth’s land area, and a billion people in the world’s poorer, arid regions. Patrick Gonzalez had a first- hand look at desertification during a five year stay in West Africa. Currently he works for the U.S. […]