Workshop: Planting Native Species for the Purpose of Slowing Desertification
A training program that will provide an opportunity for professionals involved in desertification issues to gain knowledge of practical methods of reversing desertification, including hydrological strategies and information on native plant species that mitigate the damage.
Poor land and water management practices have led to desertification of once arable lands in areas of Israel, Palestine, and Jordan. In a response to desertification, Israel has played a leading role in the development of technologies and policies to deal with the spread of desertification, and techniques to slow down, and hopefully, reverse the process.
Poor land and water management practices have led to desertification of once arable lands in areas of Israel, Palestine, and Jordan. In a response to desertification, Israel has played a leading role in the development of technologies and policies to deal with the spread of desertification, and techniques to slow down, and hopefully, reverse the process.
The training program will convene Chinese and African mid-level government policy makers, civil servants and members of the academia and the NGO community, to discuss desertification issues, gaining knowledge of practical methods of reversing the trend of soil degradation, such as hydrological strategies as well as native and desert-adapted plant species that mitigate the damage and the accompanying policy measures to effect change. The training program will utilize the extensive expertise on sustainability in arid climates developed over many years at the Arava Institute to present a variety of desertification mitigation strategies, but will also draw on regional experiences and experiments.
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