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Towards an integrated monitoring framework to assess the effectiveness of land restoration interventions in Badia, and a framework to enhance the impact of land restoration.
This report was produced in the frame of the Project titled “Sustainability and Operationalization of Established Regional Agricultural Research Centers in Five Arab Countries”, funded by the Arab Fund for Economic & Social ...
Types of soil and water conservation (SWC) and water harvesting (WH) interventions implemented in Jordan Badia
This report summarizes the work done during 2017 to elaborate a typology of the SWC and WH structures implemented in the Badia rangelands, based on both literature and remote sensing evidence, as part of Activity A6.
Datasets on SWC and restoration interventions in Jordan Badia
This research activity titled “ACTIVITY A6: DEVELOP METHODS FOR INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF RESTORATION INTERVENTIONS (IMPACT ON SOIL AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS) AT BADIA SCALE AND AT EXPERIMENTAL SITE SCALE” was funded as part ...
Summarized review of the recent rangeland restoration policies and programs conducted in Jordanian Badia
This report summarizes the work done during 2017 to review the relevant policies, programs, and interventions implemented during the recent decades in Badia, as part of Activity A6.
Changes in barley (Hordeum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare) genetic diversity and structure in Jordan over a period of 31 years
In many regions of the world, the cultivation of landraces is still common, in particular in centres of crop diversity. Significant effort has been put into ex situ conservation of landraces but limited data exist on the ...
Restoring Degraded Rangelands in Jordan: Optimizing Mechanized Micro Water Harvesting Technique Using Rangeland Hydrology and Erosion Model (RHEM)
Jordan’s rangelands, the so called Badia, home of the Bedouins, are threatened through a combination of over-exploitation of the ecosystem services and a changing climate towards drier seasons and highly erratic rainfalls. ...
Project design middle stream - Jordan Watershed
Although Jordan is a water-poor country with a harsh climate, it has considerable biodiversity. 80% of Jordan is arid rangeland, or Badia, and faces substantial degradation due to overgrazing and low-beneficial barley ...
Project design middle stream 2 - Jordan Watershed
Although Jordan is a water-poor country with a harsh climate, it has considerable biodiversity. 80% of Jordan is arid rangeland, or Badia, and faces substantial degradation due to overgrazing and low-beneficial barley ...
How does local biodiversity respond to human pressures?
The database focuses on land use, it also includes data from regions that have so far seen relatively little land-use change, such as some high biodiversity wilderness areas like Amazonia, Congo forests, and North American ...
Sustainable Development of Lowlands in Agro-Pastoral Ecosystems: Strengthening the resilience of lowlands in the Near East and North Africa
Sustainable management of the lowlands requires comprehensive and multi-faceted approaches to land management. These include scientifically-grounded integrated practices that combine ecologically-oriented approaches which ...