Establishment of Trees for Sand Settlement in a Completely Desertified Environment

Al-amin, N.K. Nasr; Stigter, C.J.; Mohammed, A.E.

doi:10.1080/15324980600904726

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“…Successful local examples of wind erosion reduction include cross planting winter wheat to protect semiarid land in the USA (Bilbro, 1987), protecting Bao-Lan railroad in China by planting sand-fixing vegetation in checkerboard patterns (Liu, 2002;Maki, 2004), and fixing sand with scattered dry grasses in desertified areas. Examples of the latter are given by Onyewotu et al (2003), in Nigeria, where subsequently shelterbelts were introduced, and by Al-Amin et al (2006), in Sudan, where a grass was compared with scattered trees with sufficient near-surface biomass. This means that incomplete stubble left in the field also must have a notable reducing effect on wind erosion, in line with our own experiments where it assisted in reducing wind erosion where crop cultivation was continued (Zheng & Tuo, 2002).…”

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An Index Guiding Temporal Planting Policies for Wind Erosion Reduction

Zhao

Zheng

Stigter

et al. 2006

Arid Land Research and Management

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Vegetation cover has spatial as well as temporal characteristics, but the latter are often neglected. Temporal cover characteristics were explored to recommend planting policies for returning arable land into land better protected from serious wind erosion during late autumn, winter, and particularly early spring, when crop cover is non existent. An index combining a wind erosive factor and a soil cover factor permits relative quantification of expected erosion, allowing a forecasting of the wind erosion hazard. This index was quantified under the conditions of Wuchuan County, Inner Mongolia, but derived planting policies using the index can be extended to

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Section: Implications Of the Findingsmentioning

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An Index Guiding Temporal Planting Policies for Wind Erosion Reduction

Zhao

Zheng

Stigter

et al. 2006

Arid Land Research and Management

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“…Tree and shrub plantings (referred to as 'plantations') are intended to satisfy environmental and social as well as industrial needs and, where applicable, be suitable for controlling wind and water erosion (Nasr Al-Amin et al, 2006). Such plantings directly address environmental issues which adversely impact on economic development.…”

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