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The Relevance of Rest Periods in Rangeland Management for Plant Cover and Species Composition in Tataouine, Tunisia, Spring
In southern Tunisia, rangelands are overexploited because the animal needs highly exceed plant production. For most of the skeletal desert soil, the overall vegetation covering oscillates between 1 and 10%; the perennial ...
The Relevance of Rest Periods in Rangeland Management for Biomass Rehabilitation in Tataouine, Tunisia, Spring 2017
Field visits were carried out during March 2017 and allowed to identify and classify the sites subjected to rest according to the land tenure system and age of the implementation of the technique. During these visits, the ...
The Relevance of Rest Periods in Rangeland Management for Plant Density in Tataouine, Tunisia, Spring 2017
In southern Tunisia, rangelands are overexploited because the animal needs highly exceed plant production. For most of the skeletal desert soil, the overall vegetation covering oscillates between 1 and 10%; the perennial ...
On-Job-Training in Rangeland Survey and Restoration
Rangelands in Tunisia, spanning approximately 5.5 million hectares, play a vital role in providing about 30% of livestock feed. However, widespread overexploitation, including overgrazing and wood cutting, has led to ...
Empowering Pastoralists: A Vision for Innovation, Transformative Change, and Sustainable Rangelands
Pastoralists are not only groundbreakers and resource managers but also innovators, changemakers, and development champions. Strengthening their role & their opportunities are strategic investments to support and sustain ...
It is time to update rangeland restoration procedures to promote sustainable land management in Tunisia
Poster presented at LIVESTOCK CRP virtual review and planning meeting 8-17 June 2020 about updating the procedures of rangelands grazing in Tunisia by using short-duration, high-intensity grazing systems during favourable ...
Revival of an indigenous management system in Southern Tunisia: reintroduction of the «Gdel» in private rangelands
To face the negative effects of human pressure and environmental changes, developing grazing management strategies is an important tool for rangeland sustainability in the dry areas. This study aimed at assessing the ...
Restoring rangelands: the art of flexible livestock management
A blog about the importance of the flexible grazing management strategies to meet rangeland resources sustainability targets. In Tunisia, livestock used to obtain over 80% of their feed from rangelands- today, this has ...
Rangeland management in southern Tunisia: Rest strategies for sustaining rangeland productivity
Report about the Rest strategies for sustaining rangeland productivity in Southren Tunisia.
Final Report: Group Training Course on Rangelands Plant Terminology & Basic Plant Identification
The course aimed to develop and improve the capabilities of engineers and technicians in the Office of Livestock and Pasture (OEP, Tunisia) and other governmental departments/Universities on the identification and ...