To raise the productivity of land throughout the maghreb , the rotary club of viterbo , italy , is helping reforest semidesert areas in algeria , morocco , and tunisia , a project begun by a club member who is active in the icc .
Today , a wilderness of forest , plains and semidesert surrounds baikal in the grand landscape of siberia , though development along the shores of the lake occurred last century with the building of several urban and resort communities .