To combat desertification and land degradation in arid semi-arid zones, the government has adopted an approach of rehabilitation pasturelands through forage plantations. This program was launched at beginning 1990s and, to date, there been no global or national study on sustainability program, particularly its economic profitability. Our work’s principal objective perform analysis plantation ac...

BACKGROUND Biological soil crusts are common components of desert ecosystem; they cover ground surface and interact with topsoil that contribute to desertification control and degraded land restoration in arid and semiarid regions. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To distinguish the changes in topsoil affected by biological soil crusts, we compared topsoil properties across three types of succe...

the main factors affecting environmental sensitivity to degradation are soil, vegetation, climate and management, through either their intrinsic characteristics or by their interaction on the landscape. different levels of degradation risks may be observed in response to particular combinations of the aforementioned factors. for instance, the combination of inappropriate management practices an...

Abstract Desertification research in arid and semi-arid regions has always been actively pursued. In China, the problem of desertification Xinjiang also received extensive attention. Due to its unique geography, many scholars have conducted corresponding on status Xinjiang. this paper, we comprehensively reviewed Xinjiang, compared underlying mechanisms conditions after implementation ecologica...

in management, the monitoring means systematic collection and storage of data from activities and strategies that provide assessment and report about the overall condition of the study area. in this research, among different existing methods, imdpa model was selected for monitoring desertification in garmsar plain. based on the study area two criteria including agriculture and water were select...

Abstract. From the perspectives of many environmental and conservative policy makers, improving and diversifying the livelihoods have been found as a mechanism to promote the livelihoods and persuade people to avoid the overexploitation and degradation of natural resources. Due to the fragility of the environment and inconsistency of incomes, the alternative income sources may be promised to wa...

Groundwater degradation is a major issue on an increasingly hot and thirsty planet. The problem critical in drylands, where recharge rates are low groundwater the only reliable resource context of water scarcity stress. Aquifer depletion contamination process desertification. Land Degradation Neutrality regarded as main initiative to tackle land It embedded target 15.3 Sustainable Development G...

Extensive geographic areas of the world show a long-term atmospheric moisture deficit. Desertification Rajasthan is concurrent with strengthened weather extremality and mean annual air temperature (MAAT) rise over western part Indian subcontinent. The present landscape aridification due to precipitation decrease reinforced windiness generates surface-cover dryness, aeolian erosion mass sediment...