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  The Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia

  Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on The Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, June 2006

  Editor  : Behnke, Roy

Springer
Date de parution : 2008
Pages : 254 p.,

 Présentation :

This book contains a selection of papers presented at the Advanced Research Workshop on ’The Socio-economic causes and consequences of desertification in Central Asia’ held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in June 2006.

The meeting provided a forum for scientists from Central Asia and NATO countries to discuss the human dimensions of the desertification process. Papers presented to the meeting examined recent scientific evidence on the impact of desertification and contributed to the formulation of coherent national and regional policies for the management of watersheds, rangelands, and irrigated agriculture.

These issues were examined from the perspective of environmental policy formulation, with respect to overgrazing by livestock, and in terms of a series of case studies of natural resource degradation and desertification control.

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