Vegetation Degradation in Central Asia under the Impact of Human ActivitiesYoque en el campo he nacido dig6 que mis cantos son para los unos sonidos, y para otros intencion. H. Hernandes - Martin Fierro. The period of active influence of the people on desert environments in Central Asia counts more than 2,000 years. It includes several stages of the social and the economic development of human society - from primitive culture of hunters to developed modern society with great changes of envi- ronment and "nature remaking".Heritage of the past is one of the main causes of land degradation in Central Asia.So, only historical analysis of relations between the man and the desertcould give infor- mation for awareness of desertification. What an idea have the people about the desert? In the mind of many people "desert" is identified with a sterile, lifeless and gloom land unsuitable for life. The mass media, specially the cinema sup- ports this idea. Very popular subject of many films is the death of travelers in the desert from thirst. Eventhe names of hot winds (the "gibly" inSahara, the "samum" inArabian desertand the "afganets" inCentral Asia) fill the minds of peoplewith horror. There are many legends about armies buried inthe sand, aboutflourishing oases and towns covered with sand drifts. Inthese legends the truth is mixed with fiction. But as known, "the truth isstronger than fiction". |
Contents
CHAPTER 1 | 1 |
CHAPTER 2 | 11 |
CHAPTER 3 | 33 |
CHAPTER 4 | 65 |
CHAPTER 5 | 77 |
CHAPTER 6 | 95 |
Figure 63 Large scale photos of the Karakum canal | 114 |
CHAPTER 7 | 115 |
CHAPTER 8 | 125 |
CHAPTER 9 | 141 |
CHAPTER 10 | 159 |
GLOSSARY OF LOCAL AND SPECIAL TERMS | 163 |
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According activities agriculture Amudarya animals Aral Sea arid Artemisia Asian assessment Babaev & Kharin Bukhara Carex physodes Caspian Sea Central Asia changes climatic Combat Desertification conservation cotton countries of Central cover criteria crops desert rangelands desertification desertification map drought drylands dzheiran ecological economic example Fergana Figure forage forests given in Table grazing habitat Haloxylon hectares included irrigation Karakum Canal Karakum desert Kazakhstan Khanate Khiva Kirghizstan km² km³ kolkhoz land degradation livestock melioration metric tons Moslem mountains moving sands NAPCD NDVI oases plant species population precipitation pripiska problem production rangelands region republics river roubles Russian Russian Turkestan salinization Salsola Samarkand sand dunes sandy desert saxaul scientists sertification sheep shrubs soil soil salinization Solonchak Soviet period Syrdarya Tajikistan territory thousand tion Total tugai Turkestan Turkmen SSR Turkmenistan USSR Uzbek Uzbekistan vegetation water erosion water resources wind erosion zone