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Desert Ecosystem Management: A Sustainable and Wise Use
- Source :
- Ecosystem Functions and Management ISBN: 9783319539669
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Springer International Publishing, 2017.
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Abstract
- Rapid growth of the world population, started in 1950, resulted in an estimated recent population of more than seven billion. Indian sub-continent is the most densely populated and fastest growing region. The desert ecosystem encompasses some 313,851 km2 area including Thar, Kharan, Cholistan, Thal and Indus valley plains in this region. The biodiversity includes some estimated 764 species of desert flora and 769 species of fauna, which includes 123 mammals, 540 birds, 96 reptiles and 10 amphibians. The desert dwellers lead a nomadic to semi-nomadic life, moving from one place to another in search of water and fodder for their animals and trade. Deserts are already the most fragile ecosystems and facing an unprecedented vulnerability mainly due global warming phenomena by pushing its biological resources to their limits. There is a dire need to wisely use desert resources on sustainable basis, so that a symbiotic relationship between man and ecosystem may be guaranteed.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Ecosystem health
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Agroforestry
Fauna
Global warming
Environmental resource management
Population
Biodiversity
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
World population
01 natural sciences
040103 agronomy & agriculture
Ecosystem management
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Environmental science
Ecosystem
business
education
010606 plant biology & botany
Subjects
Details
- ISBN :
- 978-3-319-53966-9
- ISBNs :
- 9783319539669
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ecosystem Functions and Management ISBN: 9783319539669
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........5901747538036419a18e761494406f4d
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53967-6_5