Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: In arid lands, where competition for water is acute, trees should be planted only when and where necessary and possible. Arid lands are among the world’s most fragile ecosystems, made more so by periodic droughts and increasing overexploitation of meagre resources. Arid and semi-arid lands cover around one-third of the world’s land area and are inhabited by about one billion people, a large proportion of whom are among the poorest in the world. Forests, trees and grasses are essential
Source: Hispana
Authors: Michel Malagnoux, El Hadji Sène, N. Atzmon
Language: English
Subfield: Forestry
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W111692008