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The Syrian steppe: past trends, current status and future priorities
Syria’s rangelands are vitally important both ecologically and economically, and they also have significant cultural and heritage values for Bedouin communities. Rangelands are the country’s largest land-use category. The ...
Digital Charting Technique for Monitoring Rangeland Vegetation Cover at Local Scale
Changes in agro-pastoral production systems affect the livelihoods and development of rural communities. Thus it is important for planners and policy makers to be able to document land or ecosystem conditions and trends ...
Ecological dynamics of protected and unprotected rangelands in three climatic zones of Syria
Although rangelands cover approximately 10.5 million ha in Syria, no comprehensive description of rangelands or benchmark sites is available. This study describes some important characteristics on both ecologically healthy ...