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Assessing the Vulnerability of Rangeland Ecosystems to Global Climate Change In the Dryland Areas of the Middle East and North Africa Region

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Title Assessing the Vulnerability of Rangeland Ecosystems to Global Climate Change In the Dryland Areas of the Middle East and North Africa Region
 
Creator Louhaichi, Mounir
 
Contributor Ouled Belgacem, Azaiez
 
Subject agropastoral
pasture crops
pasture
 
Description Climate change projections provide little information on how this risk might affect rangeland
plant communities in specific regions. Rangelands are by far the most widespread land use type
in the dry areas, and are home to most of its poorest inhabitants. Having low productivity and
potential, the people they support remain largely marginalized. A large area of the Middle East
and North Africa (MENA) region is arid or semi-arid with shallow and low fertility soils and poor
plant cover and pastoral/agro-pastoral use are dominant production systems.
This study evaluated the impact of climate change on the geographical distribution of selected
native rangeland species in the MENA region. Assessments of the potential impact of climate
change on the geographical distribution of two economically important species, Salsola
vermiculata, Atriplex leucoclada (Boiss) in comparison to Haloxylon salicornicum (Moq.) and H.
schmittianum, non-palatable species, in the MENA region was conducted.
 
Date 2015-12-15
2016-02-15T08:25:10Z
2016-02-15T08:25:10Z
 
Type Conference Paper
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/K9NCFGFF
Mounir Louhaichi, Azaiez Ouled Belgacem. (15/12/2015). Assessing the Vulnerability of Rangeland Ecosystems to Global Climate Change In the Dryland Areas of the Middle East and North Africa Region. Cancún, Mexico.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/4390
Open access
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
 
Source UNCCD 3rd scientific conference;