Advances in Range Management in Arid Lands
Author: Riad Halwagy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Riad Halwagy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Samira A.S. Omar
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-09-19
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 1317848276
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1995. This title presents the proceedings of The Second International Conference on Range Management in the Arabian Gulf, 1990. The objectives of the Conference were to: evaluate progress made following the First Conference; exchange information on range management development; review advances in applicable technologies; discuss potential strategies for range enhancement and assemble pertinent recommendations for enactment. As such, these proceedings will serve as a reference base for researchers, professors, lecturers, and students alike, both at advanced undergraduate and graduate levels.
Author: T. W. Hoekstra
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780252067174
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Offers various directions for both research and management.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1994-02-01
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 0309048796
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rangelands comprise between 40 and 50 percent of all U.S. land and serve the nation both as productive areas for wildlife, recreational use, and livestock grazing and as watersheds. The health and management of rangelands have been matters for scientific inquiry and public debate since the 1880s, when reports of widespread range degradation and livestock losses led to the first attempts to inventory and classify rangelands. Scientists are now questioning the utility of current methods of rangeland classification and inventory, as well as the data available to determine whether rangelands are being degraded. These experts, who are using the same methods and data, have come to different conclusions. This book examines the scientific basis of methods used by federal agencies to inventory, classify, and monitor rangelands; it assesses the success of these methods; and it recommends improvements. The book's findings and recommendations are of interest to the public; scientists; ranchers; and local, state, and federal policymakers.
Author: Johan T. du Toit
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012-11-06
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 1444317105
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rangeland ecosystems which include unimproved grasslands,shrublands, savannas and semi-deserts, support half of theworld’s livestock, while also providing habitats for some ofthe most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines thepressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land use,over-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestockand crops. Leading experts have pooled their experiences from allcontinents to cover the ecological, sociological, political,veterinary, and economic aspects of rangeland management today. This book provides practitioners and students ofrangeland management and wildland conservation with a diversity ofperspectives on a central question: can rangelands be wildlands? The first book to examine rangelands from a conservationperspective Emphasizes the balance between the needs of people andlivestock, and wildlife Written by an international team of experts covering allgeographical regions Examines ecological, sociological, political, veterinary, andeconomic aspects of rangeland management and wildland conservation,providing a diversity of perspectives not seen before in a singlevolume
Author: Peter F. Ffolliott
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The International Arid Lands Consortium (IALC) was established in 1990 to promote research, education, and training activities related to the development, management, and restoration or reclamation of arid and semiarid lands worldwide. The IALC, a leading international organization, supports ecological sustainability and development of arid and semiarid lands. Building on a decade of experience, IALC continues to increase the knowledge-base for managers by funding research, development, and demonstration projects, and special initiatives. The results from the scientific and technical projects enhance management and stewardship of arid and semiarid ecosystems for sustainable use, while maintaining the integrity of the ecological processes. The publication presents a review of the accomplishments and contributions of IALC's science and technical programs through a synopsis of the projects and initiatives. We group the projects and initiatives into soil and water resources development and conservation, land use and reclamation, processes enhancing the management of ecological systems, and inventorying and measurements techniques and monitoring.
Author: Gustave Gintzburger
Publisher: Editions Quae
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9782876145559
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This abundantly illustrated book presents a panorama of the biodiversity, climatology and flora of the arid zones of Uzbekistan and describes around 150 dominant range species, with their ecology, utilization and range rehabilitation techniques. It should contribute to a better understanding of these little-known arid zones of Central Asia and to the conservation and rational use of their fragile natural resources.