part SECTION I Basic Processes -- chapter 1 Soil Degradation -- chapter 2 Global Extent of Soil Degradation and Desertification -- chapter 3 Land Use in the U.S. -- chapter 4 Soil Degradation Category Indicators Methodology -- part SECTION II Water and Wind Erosion -- chapter 5 Soil Erosion by Water from Croplands -- chapter 6 Soil Erosion by Water from Grazing, CRP, and Minor Lands -- chapter 7 Wind Erosion on Private Lands in the U.S. -- chapter 8 Water and Wind Erosion on U.S. Cropland -- chapter 9 Total Erosion, Wind Erosion, and Erosion on Pasture and CRP Lands -- part SECTION III Other Forms of Degradation -- chapter 10 Desertification -- chapter 11 Salinization -- chapter 12 Soil Degradation by Mining and Other Disturbance -- chapter 13 Wetland Degradation -- part SECTION IV Policy and Conservation Programs -- chapter 14 Policy Options.