Title
Rangeland Assessment in Wakhan, 2008
Author(s)
Bedunah, D.J
Abstract
As a follow-up to work conducted in the major Pamir valleys, this field report documents studies undertaken by the WCS Rangeland Team within the smaller side valleys of the Pamirs, in order to record conditions such as livestock-use and rangeland degradation. A rapid assessment was made along with a mapping exercise that depicted broad rangeland types, and permanent transects were established so that the landscape could be monitored in the future. These areas not only provide grazing for livestock but they also form the habitat of many different species of wildlife and so competition for forage between the two must be closely observed.
Keywords
Rangeland use, degradation, rapid assessment, transects, soil sample, livestock grazing, wild ungulates, Afghan Pamirs, Wakhan, plant communities
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