Conservation

in arid and semi-arid zones

FAO CONSERVATION GUIDE 3

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome 1976

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

I. CAN DESERTIZATION BE HALTED? by H.N. Le Houérou, International Livestock Center for Africa, Ethiopia

II. SHELTERBELTS - FUNCTIONS AND USES by C.P. Bhimaya, India

III. ARID ZONE EXAMPLES OF SHELTERBELT ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT by E. Costin, FAO, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

IV. MANAGEMENT AND REGENERATION OF DEGRADED CATCHMENTS AND ERODED PASTORAL LAND WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO RANGE RESEEDING by K. Fitzgerald, Australia

V. HARVESTING SURFACE RUNOFF AND EPHEMERAL STREAMFLOW IN ARID ZONES by J. Medina, Mexico

VI. VEGETATION MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR INCREASING WATER YIELDS IN A SEMI -ARID REGION: AN ARIZONA CASE STUDY by M.M. Fogel, University of Arizona

VII. A REVIEW OF SOME DUNE AFFORESTATION PROCEDURES by A. M. Jensen, Denmark

VIII. SIMPLE VISUAL METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL WATERSHEDS by Forest Resources Division, FLO, Rome

IX. RESTORATION AND PROTECTION OF DEGRADED SLOPES by L. Bostanoglu, FAO, Afghanistan

 

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