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TheImprovement ofTropical and Subtropical Rangelands

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TABLE" (CoaUDued)<br />

Location<br />

IlaDp ConclltloD<br />

c_01' CoaMqu_<br />

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Oman<br />

1 miIlioD heet_ (permaoent<br />

putwe), 20,208,000 beet.,..<br />

(other l<strong>and</strong>)<br />

DeMIt <strong>and</strong> Mountain<br />

1m little mdence of dam... to<br />

plant communit_; .table, perIIape<br />

lmproYinc<br />

Herd liM dec:nuinl in DOmacllc nclODI<br />

CJ<br />

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-rv<br />

Settled Areu<br />

Jordan<br />

8,316,253 heet.,.. (crulnl<br />

<strong>and</strong>/or uncultivated)<br />

Perhape fair conclltion M p..-nt,<br />

poeUbty improrinc<br />

Loea of veptatioD; decradMion for<br />

hundrecle of yean, but utili&a&iOD hu<br />

become increuingly de.tructive in the<br />

put few decades; substantially<br />

increuing erosion with pavement-like<br />

lOll<br />

Animala are concentrated in th... areu,<br />

but heayy reliance on fodder crope<br />

Oventocking, especially of goats (also<br />

affects reforestation)<br />

Lack of water more limiting than lack of<br />

feedstuffs; sedentarintion concentrated<br />

animalI in .maller areu for 10DIer<br />

perioda; human populMion increued<br />

lixfold over 55 yean, increuinl dem<strong>and</strong><br />

for red meat; 100l-tenn, continuinl<br />

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OveruMCl<br />

Bx~ve woodcuUinr. heavy cruinl <strong>and</strong><br />

tnmpnn, by liveltock

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