Dryland Forest Restoration Under a Changing Climate in Central Asia and Mongolia
Diverse environmental gradients in Central Asia and Mongolia, from high mountain forests to semi-desert lowlands salinized by past agriculture and water withdrawals, pose challenges to restoring degraded forests and landscapes. Technical approaches in dryland forestry and agroforestry methods are av...
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| author | John A. Stanturf Evgeniy Botman Andrey Kalachev Yuliya Borissova Michael Kleine Muslim Rajapbaev Nurstan Chyngozhoev Batkhuu Nyam-Osor |
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| description | Diverse environmental gradients in Central Asia and Mongolia, from high mountain forests to semi-desert lowlands salinized by past agriculture and water withdrawals, pose challenges to restoring degraded forests and landscapes. Technical approaches in dryland forestry and agroforestry methods are available to overcome these challenges, but to be fully effective, require policy and institutional changes. Climate variability and natural hazards are features of the region and the future is projected to become more arid with more intense rainfall. Closed forests, open woodlands, and shrublands are features of the dryland landscape, and provide a variety of ecosystem functions and services to be restored. In this work, steps in the restoration process are discussed, including halting degradation, conserving and rehabilitating existing forests, restoring dryland forests and agroforestry where trees are lacking, and adapting to climate change. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1633e5833432463893b8609e858029212022-12-22T01:09:13ZengNational University of MongoliaMongolian Journal of Biological Sciences1684-39082225-49942020-06-0118231810.22353/mjbs.2020.18.11Dryland Forest Restoration Under a Changing Climate in Central Asia and MongoliaJohn A. Stanturf0Evgeniy Botman1Andrey Kalachev2Yuliya Borissova3Michael Kleine4Muslim Rajapbaev5Nurstan Chyngozhoev6Batkhuu Nyam-Osor7Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University pf Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 5, 51014 Tartu, EstoniaResearch Institute of Forestry 2, apt.17, Darkhan village, Tashkent region, Zanghiota district 111104, Uzbekistan Altai Branch of the Kazakh Research Institute of Forestry and Agroforestmelioration, East Kazakhstan region, Ridder, Ostrovskii str., House 13/A, Republic of KazakhstanDepartment of Forest Resources and Game Management, Faculty of Forest, Soil Resources and Phytosanitary, Kazakh National Agrarian University, Abay av. 8, Almaty 050010, Republic of Kazakhstan International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), Marxergasse 2, A-1030 ViennaAustria Forest Institute of National Academy of Sciences, Karagachevaya Roscha 15, 720015 Bishkek Kyrgyz RepublicForest Institute of National Academy of Sciences, Karagachevaya Roscha 15, 720015 Bishkek Kyrgyz RepublicDepartment of Environmental and Forest Engineering, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 14201, P.O. Box 412, MongoliaDiverse environmental gradients in Central Asia and Mongolia, from high mountain forests to semi-desert lowlands salinized by past agriculture and water withdrawals, pose challenges to restoring degraded forests and landscapes. Technical approaches in dryland forestry and agroforestry methods are available to overcome these challenges, but to be fully effective, require policy and institutional changes. Climate variability and natural hazards are features of the region and the future is projected to become more arid with more intense rainfall. Closed forests, open woodlands, and shrublands are features of the dryland landscape, and provide a variety of ecosystem functions and services to be restored. In this work, steps in the restoration process are discussed, including halting degradation, conserving and rehabilitating existing forests, restoring dryland forests and agroforestry where trees are lacking, and adapting to climate change.https://www.biotaxa.org/mjbs/article/view/59748/59631forest landscape restorationdryland forestrydesertificationreclamation |
| spellingShingle | John A. Stanturf Evgeniy Botman Andrey Kalachev Yuliya Borissova Michael Kleine Muslim Rajapbaev Nurstan Chyngozhoev Batkhuu Nyam-Osor Dryland Forest Restoration Under a Changing Climate in Central Asia and Mongolia Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences forest landscape restoration dryland forestry desertification reclamation |
| title | Dryland Forest Restoration Under a Changing Climate in Central Asia and Mongolia |
| title_full | Dryland Forest Restoration Under a Changing Climate in Central Asia and Mongolia |
| title_fullStr | Dryland Forest Restoration Under a Changing Climate in Central Asia and Mongolia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dryland Forest Restoration Under a Changing Climate in Central Asia and Mongolia |
| title_short | Dryland Forest Restoration Under a Changing Climate in Central Asia and Mongolia |
| title_sort | dryland forest restoration under a changing climate in central asia and mongolia |
| topic | forest landscape restoration dryland forestry desertification reclamation |
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