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

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List of Contributors.- Preface.- Part I: Challenges to Policy Formulation. The Link between Desertification and Security in Central Asia I. Lindt.- From Global Environmental Discourse to Local Adaptations and Response: A Desertification Research Agenda for Central Asia L.C. Stringer.- Causes and Socio-Economic Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia L. Alibekov, D. Alibekov.- Part II: Grazing Systems and Desertification. Forage Distributions, Range Condition, and the Importance of Pastoral Movement in Central Asia - a Remote Sensing Study M. Coughenour et al.- The Impact of Livestock Grazing on Soils and Vegetation around Settlements in Southeast Kazakhstan I. Alimaev et al.- Livestock Mobility and Degradation in Kazakhstan's Semi-Arid Rangelands C. Kerven et al.- Human and Natural Factors that Influence Livestock Distributions and Rangeland Desertification in Turkmenistan R. Behnke et al.- Part III: Case Studies of Resource Degradation and Desertification Control.- Land Reform in Tajikistan: Consequences for Tenure Security, Agricultural Productivity and Land Management Practices S. Robinson et al.- Israeli Experience in Prevention of Processes of Desertification N. Orlovsky.- Potential Effects of Global Warming on Atmospheric Lead Contamination in the Mountains M. Janiga.- The Influence of Environmental Factors on Human Health in Uzbekistan A.M. Shamsiyev, Sh.A. Khusinova.