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

I. Challenges to Policy Formulation

1. The Link between Desertification and Security in Central Asia
Ilka Lindt

2. From Global Environmental Discourse to Local Adaptations and Responses: A Desertification Research Agenda for Central Asia
Lindsay C. Stringer

3. Causes and Socio-Economic Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia
Lapas Alibekov, Davlat Alibekov

II. Grazing Systems and Desertification

4. Forage Distributions, Range Condition, and the Importance of Pastoral Movement in Central Asia - A Remote Sensing Study
Michael Coughenour, Roy Behnke, John Lomas, Kevin Price

5. The Impact of Livestock Grazing on Soils and Vegetation Around Settlements in Southeast Kazakhstan
Ilya I. Alimaev, Carol Kerven, Aibyn Torekhanov, Roy Behnke, Kazbek Smailov, Vladimir Yurchenko, Zheksinbai Sisatov, Kanat Shanbaev

6. Livestock Mobility and Degradation in Kazakhstan’s Semi-Arid Rangelands
Carol Kerven, Kanat Shanbaev, Ilya Alimaev, Aidos Smailov, Kanat Smailov

7. Human and Natural Factors that Influence Livestock Distributions and Rangeland Desertification in Turkmenistan
Roy Behnke, Grant Davidson, Abdul Jabbar, Michael Coughenour

III. Case Studies of Resource Degradation and Desertification Control

8. Land Reform in Tajikistan: Consequences for Tenure Security, Agricultural Productivity and Land Management Practices
Sarah Robinson, Ian Higginbotham, Tanya Guenther, Andrée Germain

9. Israeli Experience in Prevention of Processes of Desertification
N. Orlovsky

10. Potential Effects of Global Warming on Atmospheric Lead Contamination in the Mountains
Marián Janiga

11. The Influence of Environmental Factors on Human Health in Uzbekistan
A. M. Shamsiyev, Sh. A. Khusinova

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Keywords: SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography SCI030000