Site	Country	Characteristics	Focal point
Oued Mird (south Atlas) *	Morocco	Impact of agricultural encroachment along a climatic gradient	Mohamed YASSIN (DFREF)
South-Oranesse High plains*	Algeria	Impact from agricultural encroachment	Azziz Riad (CRSTRA - Alger University)
Oum Zessar Watershed*	Tunisia	Agriculture encroachment over steppes rangeland	Mongi SGHAIER (IRA)
Ferlo*	Senegal	Impact of rainfall variability on agro-pastoral systems	Abdoulaye FAYE (CSE)
Coquimbo Region	Chile	Synergetic impact of climate and agro-pastoral systems	Fernandez Santibanez (UCH)
Naiman County	China	Impact of agricultural encroachment over sandy rangelands	Changyao WANG (CAS-IRSA)

* Roselt sites