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Arid
Other Names:
Aridity
Related Problems:
Desertification
Clearance of native scrub
Disruption of arid zone ecosystems
Vulnerability of arid developing countries
Threatened tropical desert habitats
Threatened rangeland habitats
Threatened cool temperate desert habitats
Threatened semi-arid temperate scrub habitats
Threatened tropical desert scrub habitats
Threatened subtropical desert habitats
Threatened stony desert habitats
Inappropriate irrigation schemes
Threatened semi-arid temperate woodland habitats
Strategies:
Combating desertification
Managing drylands
Exploring common property rights in semi-arid and saline areas
Developing technical competence in dryland agriculture
Developing drainage for irrigated lands in arid and semi-arid regions
Improving land and water management by farmers in arid regions
Revegetating drylands
Protecting desert wetlands
Burning semi-arid scrublands
Protecting arid zone ecosystems
Reducing vulnerability of arid developing countries
Disrupting arid zone ecosystems
Subjects:
Arid zones
Type Classification:
D: Destructive values