The Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia
Publication year: 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4020-8544-4
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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. Papers presented to the meeting examined recent scientific evidence on the impact of desertification on livestock production, public health, and biodiversity, and contributed to the formulation of coh- ent national and regional policies for the management of watersheds, rangelands, and irrigated agriculture.
Subject: Earth and Environmental Science, Environmental, NATO, Science, Security, Sub-Series C, Vegetation, human health, Economic Geography, Pollution, general, Environmental Management, Landscape, Regional and Urban Planning, Agriculture, Landscape Ecology
