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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Veress, Benjamin, Szigethy, Jozsi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2010.
Colección:Horizons in earth science research series.
Temas:
Range ecology.
Soil degradation.
Desertification.
Écologie des pâturages.
Sols > Dégradation.
Désertification.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > General.
Desertification
Range ecology
Soil degradation
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  • HORIZONS IN EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH VOLUME 1
  • HORIZONS IN EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH VOLUME 1
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • DEGRADATION OF RANGELANDS: CAUSES, ECOLOGICAL, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Climate, Soil and Vegetation Characteristics of Rangelands
  • The Value of Rangelands
  • Degradation of Rangelands
  • Collapse of Traditional Resources Management Systems and Institutions
  • Land Tenure Confusion and Changes
  • Competition between Pastoralism and Agriculture
  • Development policies and their contribution to rangelands degradation Overgrazing by livestock
  • Sedentarization and development projects
  • Desertification in Africa
  • CAUSES OF DESERTIFICATION IN AFRICA
  • 1. Climate Change
  • 2. Deforestation
  • 3. Ecological and Socio-Cultural Cause of Desertification
  • 4. Effects of Modernization and Urbanization
  • Consequences of Desertification
  • Conclusion
  • CASE STUDY ON RANGELAND CHANGES IN EAST AFRICA
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Ecological Characteristics and Land Use Changes in the Amboseli Region Maasai Land Methods
  • Field Based Range Condition Assessment
  • RESULTS
  • Community Perceptions on Range Condition Changes, Trends and Their Impacts
  • Field Based Range Condition Assessment
  • DISCUSSION
  • CONCLUSION
  • Way Forward
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • APPENDIX 1. INDICATORS OF RANGE CONDITION CHANGES IN THE GROUP RANCHES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS/MANIFESTATIONS AS DESCRIBED BY THE COMMUNITY ELDERS
  • APPENDIX 2. TRENDS IN LOCAL LIVELIHOODS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE GROUP RANCHES AS DESCRIBED BY THE COMMUNITY ELDERS Appendix 3: Indices used to characterize range condition at Inkisanjani in Kuku Group Ranch
  • APPENDIX 4. INDICES USED TO CHARACTERIZE RANGE CONDITION AT ELANGâ€?ATA-NKIMA IN KUKU GROUP RANCH
  • APPENDIX 5. HERBACEOUS PLANT SPECIES OBSERVED AT INKISANJANI IN KUKU GROUP RANCH DURING THE STUDY
  • APPENDIX 6. HERBACEOUS PLANT SPECIES OBSERVED AT ELANGâ€?ATA-NKIMA IN KUKU GROUP RANCH DURING THE STUDY
  • CROWDED DESERTS: CO2 FERTILIZATION EFFECTS ON FOREST GROWTH ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • What Does It Mean “Desertificationâ€?
  • The Scientistsâ€? Opinion
  • Desertification Processes
  • Urban Deserts
  • Deforestation
  • Afforestation
  • Environment and Population
  • Man and Nature
  • Building Destruction
  • Nature and Architecture
  • New Trends in Architecture
  • History
  • The Modern History
  • Forests as Living Resources
  • Tourism Development
  • Spaces Occupied by Tourism
  • European Tourism and Coasts Protection: Cases Study

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