Dzhanibek, Russia DESIRE Project Harmonised Information System http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/dzhanibek-russia 2016-09-22T20:47:57Z Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management Contact the Dzhanibek study site team 2010-11-25T11:32:35Z 2010-11-25T11:32:35Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/dzhanibek-russia/483-contact-the-dzhanibek-study-site-team Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p><em>Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering </em><em>coordinates both the Dzanibek and Novy study sites.</em></p> <p><em>&nbsp;</em></p> <table class="institute" border="0" cellspacing="6" cellpadding="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="139"> <p>Institute full name:</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="451">Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="139"> <p>Institute acronym:</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="451">MSUEE</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="139"> <p>Institute profile:</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="451"> <p>Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering (MSUEE) is the oldest University of its kind in Russia comprising of the 39 departments. The University is temporary home for 4,000 students and about 300 of PhD and MSc students who, together with almost 400 staff form an academic forum. The MSUEE is focused not only on education but also on research and science, combining expertise on land and water resources management and their sustainable using, including aspects of land degradation, soil conservation, soil erosion, land reclamation, climate change, human impact on environment, and other fields in the natural resources management as well as modelling of processes in the environment of soil-atmosphere-plant at different spacio-temporal scaling.</p> The Geo- and Hydroinformation Centre is part of MSUEE is equipped by computing facilities and software for numerical hydraulic/hydrological modelling of open (Mike 11, Mike BASIN, HEC-RAS GIS) and subsurface (SWAP, ZAQUA, MODEFLOW, SUTRA) water flow as well as for Geographical Information Systems (ArcGIS 9.1) and Remote Sensing (ERDAS IMAGINE 7.2) applications for land/soil monitoring. The research activity of the Centre is ranging from basic research to applied. The Centre is co-ordinator and participant of national/international research and academic projects (Tempus, INTAS, NATO, RBRF, INCO) in the field of water and soil resources management.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="139"> <p>Website</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="451"> <p><a href="http://www.msuee.ru/" target="_blank">www.msuee.ru<br /></a>www.hydro-center.by.ru (link expired)</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="139"> <p>Address</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="451"> <p>127550, Moscow, Russia<br /> Prjanishnikova street 19<br /> Tel. +7 (495) 976-4907</p> Fax. +7 (495) 976-4907</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="139"> <p>Institute logo</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="451"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/msuee1.gif" alt="" width="63" height="67" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="139"> <p>Institute image</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="451"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee2.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Involved personnel</p> <table class="institute" border="0" cellspacing="6" cellpadding="2"> <thead> <tr> <td valign="top" width="101"> <p>Name</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="152"> <p>Contact details</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="204"> <p>Key qualifications</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="133"> <p>Photo</p> </td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="101"> <p>Prof. Anatoly M. Zeiliguer</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="152"> <p>127550, Moscow, Russia, Prjanishnikova str. 19, Moscow State University of Environmentla engineering,<br /> Phone/Fax number: +7495 9764907</p> <a href="mailto:azeiliguer@mail.ru">azeiliguer@mail.ru</a></td> <td valign="top" width="204"> <p>Coordinating international academic/research projects; soil physicist, parameterization of soil porous media, modeling of water and solute transport, GIS application for soil hydrology</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="133"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee3.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="101"> <p>Dr Marina L. Sizemskaya</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="152"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="204"> <p>Physical geographer in the field of soil, expert in monitoring of the dynamic of soil degradation and desertification, designing and executing field experimental work</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="133"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee4.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="101"> <p>Dr Nikolay B. Khitrov</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="152"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="204"> <p>Soil scientist, soil surveying and soil conservation specialist with special interest in the interaction between landscape and soil properties, and effects of soil erosion and desertification</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="133">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Dr Vladimir A. Romanenkov</td> <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top">Soil scientist, with expertise in GIS application for land/soil description at regional scale, and development of decision support systems</td> <td valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee5.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Prof. N. Pronko</td> <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"> <p>Prof. Pronko is an irrigation and agriculture scientist and an expert in agroecology. She interested in forecasting of soil fertility changes of irrigated lands with different irrigation and farming systems, creation of geoinformation system of irrigated agricultural landscape monitoring, studying of water and salt regimes irrigated soils.</p> She has 122 publications including 2 monograph</td> <td valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee6.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Dr. S. Zatinatsky</td> <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top">Dr Zatanatsky is an irrigation scientist and an expert on water regime of irrigated soils. He has 56 publications. His recent investigations focus on the problems of simulation of root water uptake and water exchange in agro-ecosystems as well as water supply management in the field. He has been SSAU team leader for INTAS, TEMPUS and FP6 projects.</td> <td valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee7.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p>Dr. Mamaj Sapanov</p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Tel.: +7 495 4176623 <br /> E-mail: <a href="mailto:sapanovm@mail.ru">sapanovm@mail.ru</a></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Biologist; specialist in forest science, land use and protective afforestation, desertification control.</p> </td> <td valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee10.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">MSc K. Timochkov</td> <td valign="top"> <p>127550, Moscow, Russia, Prjanishnikova str. 19, Moscow State University of Environmental engineering,<br /> Phone/Fax number: +7495 9764907<br /><a href="mailto:Konstan.tim@gmail.com">Konstan.tim@gmail.com</a></p> <a href="mailto:tkvlad@mail.ru">tkvlad@mail.ru</a></td> <td valign="top">Environmental resources manager, project manager</td> <td valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee8.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">MSc. O. Ermolaeva</td> <td valign="top"> <p>127550, Moscow, Russia, Prjanishnikova str. 19, Moscow State University of Environmental engineering,</p> Phone/Fax number: +7495 9764907</td> <td valign="top">Environmental resources manager, GIS application for soil surveying and monitoring, model execution of scenario analysis.</td> <td valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee9.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><em>Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering </em><em>coordinates both the Dzanibek and Novy study sites.</em></p> <p><em>&nbsp;</em></p> <table class="institute" border="0" cellspacing="6" cellpadding="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="139"> <p>Institute full name:</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="451">Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="139"> <p>Institute acronym:</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="451">MSUEE</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="139"> <p>Institute profile:</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="451"> <p>Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering (MSUEE) is the oldest University of its kind in Russia comprising of the 39 departments. The University is temporary home for 4,000 students and about 300 of PhD and MSc students who, together with almost 400 staff form an academic forum. The MSUEE is focused not only on education but also on research and science, combining expertise on land and water resources management and their sustainable using, including aspects of land degradation, soil conservation, soil erosion, land reclamation, climate change, human impact on environment, and other fields in the natural resources management as well as modelling of processes in the environment of soil-atmosphere-plant at different spacio-temporal scaling.</p> The Geo- and Hydroinformation Centre is part of MSUEE is equipped by computing facilities and software for numerical hydraulic/hydrological modelling of open (Mike 11, Mike BASIN, HEC-RAS GIS) and subsurface (SWAP, ZAQUA, MODEFLOW, SUTRA) water flow as well as for Geographical Information Systems (ArcGIS 9.1) and Remote Sensing (ERDAS IMAGINE 7.2) applications for land/soil monitoring. The research activity of the Centre is ranging from basic research to applied. The Centre is co-ordinator and participant of national/international research and academic projects (Tempus, INTAS, NATO, RBRF, INCO) in the field of water and soil resources management.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="139"> <p>Website</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="451"> <p><a href="http://www.msuee.ru/" target="_blank">www.msuee.ru<br /></a>www.hydro-center.by.ru (link expired)</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="139"> <p>Address</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="451"> <p>127550, Moscow, Russia<br /> Prjanishnikova street 19<br /> Tel. +7 (495) 976-4907</p> Fax. +7 (495) 976-4907</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="139"> <p>Institute logo</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="451"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/msuee1.gif" alt="" width="63" height="67" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="139"> <p>Institute image</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="451"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee2.jpg.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Involved personnel</p> <table class="institute" border="0" cellspacing="6" cellpadding="2"> <thead> <tr> <td valign="top" width="101"> <p>Name</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="152"> <p>Contact details</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="204"> <p>Key qualifications</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="133"> <p>Photo</p> </td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="101"> <p>Prof. Anatoly M. Zeiliguer</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="152"> <p>127550, Moscow, Russia, Prjanishnikova str. 19, Moscow State University of Environmentla engineering,<br /> Phone/Fax number: +7495 9764907</p> <a href="mailto:azeiliguer@mail.ru">azeiliguer@mail.ru</a></td> <td valign="top" width="204"> <p>Coordinating international academic/research projects; soil physicist, parameterization of soil porous media, modeling of water and solute transport, GIS application for soil hydrology</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="133"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee3.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="101"> <p>Dr Marina L. Sizemskaya</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="152"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="204"> <p>Physical geographer in the field of soil, expert in monitoring of the dynamic of soil degradation and desertification, designing and executing field experimental work</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="133"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee4.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="101"> <p>Dr Nikolay B. Khitrov</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="152"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="204"> <p>Soil scientist, soil surveying and soil conservation specialist with special interest in the interaction between landscape and soil properties, and effects of soil erosion and desertification</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="133">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Dr Vladimir A. Romanenkov</td> <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top">Soil scientist, with expertise in GIS application for land/soil description at regional scale, and development of decision support systems</td> <td valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee5.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Prof. N. Pronko</td> <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"> <p>Prof. Pronko is an irrigation and agriculture scientist and an expert in agroecology. She interested in forecasting of soil fertility changes of irrigated lands with different irrigation and farming systems, creation of geoinformation system of irrigated agricultural landscape monitoring, studying of water and salt regimes irrigated soils.</p> She has 122 publications including 2 monograph</td> <td valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee6.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Dr. S. Zatinatsky</td> <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top">Dr Zatanatsky is an irrigation scientist and an expert on water regime of irrigated soils. He has 56 publications. His recent investigations focus on the problems of simulation of root water uptake and water exchange in agro-ecosystems as well as water supply management in the field. He has been SSAU team leader for INTAS, TEMPUS and FP6 projects.</td> <td valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee7.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p>Dr. Mamaj Sapanov</p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Tel.: +7 495 4176623 <br /> E-mail: <a href="mailto:sapanovm@mail.ru">sapanovm@mail.ru</a></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Biologist; specialist in forest science, land use and protective afforestation, desertification control.</p> </td> <td valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee10.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">MSc K. Timochkov</td> <td valign="top"> <p>127550, Moscow, Russia, Prjanishnikova str. 19, Moscow State University of Environmental engineering,<br /> Phone/Fax number: +7495 9764907<br /><a href="mailto:Konstan.tim@gmail.com">Konstan.tim@gmail.com</a></p> <a href="mailto:tkvlad@mail.ru">tkvlad@mail.ru</a></td> <td valign="top">Environmental resources manager, project manager</td> <td valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee8.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">MSc. O. Ermolaeva</td> <td valign="top"> <p>127550, Moscow, Russia, Prjanishnikova str. 19, Moscow State University of Environmental engineering,</p> Phone/Fax number: +7495 9764907</td> <td valign="top">Environmental resources manager, GIS application for soil surveying and monitoring, model execution of scenario analysis.</td> <td valign="top"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/msuee9.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Study site location & description 2007-11-20T11:47:29Z 2007-11-20T11:47:29Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/dzhanibek-russia/137-djanibek-russia-study-site-description Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p>The Dzhanibek study site is located near the settlement of Romashki, east of the Volga River.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>{mosgmap mapid=22|height=350px|zoomtype=small|showmaptype=true}</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig1-30.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig4b-2.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig3-30.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig6-20.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig1-35.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig5b.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig5-23.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Dzhanybek is located in the southeast of European Russia and is a hazard-prone zones which manifests both climatic and anthropogenic-induced desertification due to regional-scale degradation of the natural, agricultural and irrigated lands. Desertification control, soil conservation and reclamation are the urgent ecological tasks for the Caspian region of Russia. 55-years successful scientific experience of Dzhanibek Research Station allows recommending for dissemination a wide range of desertification control and management options for prevention land degradation based on agroforestry amelioration methods and silvicultural amelioration of croplands.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Dzhanibek Research Station with nearby monitoring points includes (1) a virgin 55-years reserved site, (2) agroforestry protective systems (for arable and pasture protection), (3) the currently used and abandoned pastures and irrigated sites. This wide range of landscapes allows defining sustainability of the ecosystems to anthropogenic pressure. The research station staff includes 3 Doctors of Science and 10 Ph.D. researchers. The station’s database contains results of local monitoring during 55 years of weather conditions, soil and plant parameters dynamics on different sites.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Realization of the DESIRE project will allow offering for wide dissemination ecologically adaptive agroforestry technology of nature management and desertification control and land degradation.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;" colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>read the full study site description and an overview of all sites</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b; width: 10%;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=264&amp;Itemid=619&amp;lang=en"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig10-15.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></a></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;" valign="bottom"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_tick.gif" alt="" /><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/wimba/SSD%20Djanibek%2c%20Russia/index.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Read the full study site description</strong></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;" colspan="2"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=264&amp;Itemid=619&amp;lang=en"><strong>»Comparative overview of all study sites</strong></a><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=264&amp;Itemid=619&amp;lang=en"></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>The Dzhanibek study site is located near the settlement of Romashki, east of the Volga River.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>{mosgmap mapid=22|height=350px|zoomtype=small|showmaptype=true}</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig1-30.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig4b-2.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig3-30.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig6-20.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig1-35.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig5b.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig5-23.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Dzhanybek is located in the southeast of European Russia and is a hazard-prone zones which manifests both climatic and anthropogenic-induced desertification due to regional-scale degradation of the natural, agricultural and irrigated lands. Desertification control, soil conservation and reclamation are the urgent ecological tasks for the Caspian region of Russia. 55-years successful scientific experience of Dzhanibek Research Station allows recommending for dissemination a wide range of desertification control and management options for prevention land degradation based on agroforestry amelioration methods and silvicultural amelioration of croplands.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Dzhanibek Research Station with nearby monitoring points includes (1) a virgin 55-years reserved site, (2) agroforestry protective systems (for arable and pasture protection), (3) the currently used and abandoned pastures and irrigated sites. This wide range of landscapes allows defining sustainability of the ecosystems to anthropogenic pressure. The research station staff includes 3 Doctors of Science and 10 Ph.D. researchers. The station’s database contains results of local monitoring during 55 years of weather conditions, soil and plant parameters dynamics on different sites.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Realization of the DESIRE project will allow offering for wide dissemination ecologically adaptive agroforestry technology of nature management and desertification control and land degradation.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;" colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>read the full study site description and an overview of all sites</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b; width: 10%;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=264&amp;Itemid=619&amp;lang=en"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig10-15.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></a></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;" valign="bottom"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_tick.gif" alt="" /><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/wimba/SSD%20Djanibek%2c%20Russia/index.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Read the full study site description</strong></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;" colspan="2"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=264&amp;Itemid=619&amp;lang=en"><strong>»Comparative overview of all study sites</strong></a><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=264&amp;Itemid=619&amp;lang=en"></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Stakeholders and their sustainability goals 2011-11-08T14:07:53Z 2011-11-08T14:07:53Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/dzhanibek-russia/715-stakeholders-and-their-sustainability-goals Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p><strong>The area and people</strong><br />Degradation problems</p> <ul> <li>Poor vegetation cover</li> <li>Overuse of natural resources</li> <li>Overgrazing</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Study site stakeholder workshops</strong></p> <ul> <li>Extension service providers</li> <li>GO-line agencies</li> <li>NGOs</li> <li>Traders</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Added value of DESIRE for stakeholders</strong><br />Stakeholders in the Dzanybek are interested and eager to cooperate and try new technologies. Stakeholders deeply trust the Volkzy research institute.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Alternative technologies:<br />1)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;green manure<br />2)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;drainage<br />3)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;drip irrigation<br />4)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;licorice cultivation</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Limitations for spontaneous implementation of soil and water conservation practices</strong><br />Drip irrigation is not yet applied because of investment costs.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Stakeholder groups</strong></p> <ul> <li>Administration of Pallasovsky region.</li> <li>Administration of Romashki village</li> <li>Department of Hydrogeology and Land Reclamation</li> <li>Farm «Romashkovskii». Large farm, leading in sheep breeding, growing of cereals, vegetables and forage. The activities of this farm are influencing the soil and water resources of the area. Overgrazing has become a big problem for the surrounding areas; however, it is a provider of employment for the local people.</li> <li>Small farmholders.</li> <li>Holders of small vegetable gardens. Almost each family in the village is growing at their garden vegetables for own use.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Sustainability goals</strong></p> <p>The proposed goals can be used as a starting point for a community to develop their own vision and goals for sustainable agriculture management. The list of sustainable agricultural management goals that were developed by other communities and organizations has been useful for this work package. The table shows the sustainability goals that were identified for both the Dzhanybek and Novy study sites.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 100%;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df; width: 10%;" valign="top"><strong>Goal 1</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;Conservation and effective use of soil and water resources</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Goal 2</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top">&nbsp;Maintenance and enhancing of long-term multiple economic and social benefits</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Goal 3</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top">&nbsp;Adapting and introducing of new environment-friendly land management technologies</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Goal 4</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;Restoring and conservation of environment and biodiversity</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Goal 5</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top">&nbsp;Dissemination of good practise results among all groups of stakeholders</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Goal 6</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;Institution building for an efficient management of soil and water resources</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><em>Source: expert estimate, study site leader and stakeholder workshop.</em></p> <p><em><br /></em></p> <p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/study-site-contexts/wp14-stakeholders-a-sustainability-thematicmenu-168">»Stakeholders &amp; their sustainability goals - overview</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The area and people</strong><br />Degradation problems</p> <ul> <li>Poor vegetation cover</li> <li>Overuse of natural resources</li> <li>Overgrazing</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Study site stakeholder workshops</strong></p> <ul> <li>Extension service providers</li> <li>GO-line agencies</li> <li>NGOs</li> <li>Traders</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Added value of DESIRE for stakeholders</strong><br />Stakeholders in the Dzanybek are interested and eager to cooperate and try new technologies. Stakeholders deeply trust the Volkzy research institute.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Alternative technologies:<br />1)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;green manure<br />2)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;drainage<br />3)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;drip irrigation<br />4)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;licorice cultivation</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Limitations for spontaneous implementation of soil and water conservation practices</strong><br />Drip irrigation is not yet applied because of investment costs.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Stakeholder groups</strong></p> <ul> <li>Administration of Pallasovsky region.</li> <li>Administration of Romashki village</li> <li>Department of Hydrogeology and Land Reclamation</li> <li>Farm «Romashkovskii». Large farm, leading in sheep breeding, growing of cereals, vegetables and forage. The activities of this farm are influencing the soil and water resources of the area. Overgrazing has become a big problem for the surrounding areas; however, it is a provider of employment for the local people.</li> <li>Small farmholders.</li> <li>Holders of small vegetable gardens. Almost each family in the village is growing at their garden vegetables for own use.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Sustainability goals</strong></p> <p>The proposed goals can be used as a starting point for a community to develop their own vision and goals for sustainable agriculture management. The list of sustainable agricultural management goals that were developed by other communities and organizations has been useful for this work package. The table shows the sustainability goals that were identified for both the Dzhanybek and Novy study sites.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 100%;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df; width: 10%;" valign="top"><strong>Goal 1</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;Conservation and effective use of soil and water resources</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Goal 2</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top">&nbsp;Maintenance and enhancing of long-term multiple economic and social benefits</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Goal 3</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top">&nbsp;Adapting and introducing of new environment-friendly land management technologies</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Goal 4</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;Restoring and conservation of environment and biodiversity</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Goal 5</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top">&nbsp;Dissemination of good practise results among all groups of stakeholders</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Goal 6</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;Institution building for an efficient management of soil and water resources</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><em>Source: expert estimate, study site leader and stakeholder workshop.</em></p> <p><em><br /></em></p> <p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/study-site-contexts/wp14-stakeholders-a-sustainability-thematicmenu-168">»Stakeholders &amp; their sustainability goals - overview</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Drivers, policies and laws 2011-11-08T14:14:36Z 2011-11-08T14:14:36Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/dzhanibek-russia/716-drivers-policies-and-laws- Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p>The reasons for desertification and land degradation occurring can be environmental (for example due to the climate or soil conditions), economic, due to the actions of people or, most often, due to a combination of factors. The resulting degradation may be temporary or permanent.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>To help understand this complex picture it can be helpful to think in terms the dominant socio-economic and environmental forces that are <strong>driving</strong> the process of land degradation. These place <strong>pressures</strong> on the land which have particular <strong>impacts</strong>. Human society may have already made <strong>responses</strong> to those impacts, or may have knowledge about how they could respond. Decisions about which responses to make may also be governed by a range of international, national or local <strong>policy</strong> regulations and agreements.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In the Dzhanibek study site, the same stakeholder workshop and questionnaires that were used to identify existing and potential response strategies (<strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/dzhanibek-russia/195-stakeholder-workshop-1-dzhanybek-russia">»Identifying strategies: Stakeholder workshop 1</a></strong>) also discussed and identified these driving forces; pressures; impacts; and the policy and regulation environment. This information was then used to inform the choice of <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/dzhanibek-russia/293-site-implementation-plan-dzhanybek-russia">»Field experiments</a></strong> and the scenarios used in <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/dzhanibek-russia/718-simulated-biophysical-impact-of-remediation-strategies-and-their-financial-viability-">»Simulated biophysical impact of remediation strategies and their financial viability</a></strong>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="150" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3" height="150" valign="top" width="565"> <script language="JavaScript"> function computeTech(form1){ // Initialise variables var studysite="0"; // set variables studysite=form1.elements[0].value; // identify technology class var technology1="none"; var technology2="none"; var technology3="none"; var technology4="none"; var technology5="none"; var technology6="none"; if(studysite=="1"){ technology1="**"; 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technology6="(1) Code of land laws of Russian Federation, 25 October 2001 No. 136-FZ (with changes in 2003 and 2007) (2) Federal Law “About Melioration” 10 January 1996 4FZ (changes in 2003) (3) Code of water laws of Russian Federation 03 June 2006 No. 74- FZ (4) Federal Law “About Land Management” 18 June 2001 No. 78-FZ (5) Federal Law “ About protection of environment” 10 January 2002 No. 7-FZ"; } form1.technology1.value=technology1; form1.technology2.value=technology2; form1.technology3.value=technology3; form1.technology4.value=technology4; form1.technology5.value=technology5; form1.technology6.value=technology6; return; } </script> <form action="" method="post" name="bysite"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td width="22%"> <b>Select main driver</b></td> <td align="left" width="78%"> <select name="studysite"><option value="1">Regional climate pattern change</option><option value="2">Saline groundwater rise</option><option value="3">Overgrazing</option></select> <input name="Calculate" onclick="computeTech(this.form)" type="button" value="Go" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> Socio-economic drivers</td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="70" name="technology1" rows="3"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> Environmental drivers</td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="70" name="technology2" rows="3"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> Pressures</td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="70" name="technology3" rows="3"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> Impacts</td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="70" name="technology4" rows="3"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> Responses</td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="70" name="technology5" rows="3"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> Policies</td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="70" name="technology6" rows="3"></textarea></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </form> </td> </tr> <tr> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/study-site-contexts/wp13-drivers-a-policy-thematicmenu-167"><strong>»Drivers and policy context for all study sites</strong></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The reasons for desertification and land degradation occurring can be environmental (for example due to the climate or soil conditions), economic, due to the actions of people or, most often, due to a combination of factors. The resulting degradation may be temporary or permanent.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>To help understand this complex picture it can be helpful to think in terms the dominant socio-economic and environmental forces that are <strong>driving</strong> the process of land degradation. These place <strong>pressures</strong> on the land which have particular <strong>impacts</strong>. Human society may have already made <strong>responses</strong> to those impacts, or may have knowledge about how they could respond. Decisions about which responses to make may also be governed by a range of international, national or local <strong>policy</strong> regulations and agreements.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In the Dzhanibek study site, the same stakeholder workshop and questionnaires that were used to identify existing and potential response strategies (<strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/dzhanibek-russia/195-stakeholder-workshop-1-dzhanybek-russia">»Identifying strategies: Stakeholder workshop 1</a></strong>) also discussed and identified these driving forces; pressures; impacts; and the policy and regulation environment. This information was then used to inform the choice of <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/dzhanibek-russia/293-site-implementation-plan-dzhanybek-russia">»Field experiments</a></strong> and the scenarios used in <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/dzhanibek-russia/718-simulated-biophysical-impact-of-remediation-strategies-and-their-financial-viability-">»Simulated biophysical impact of remediation strategies and their financial viability</a></strong>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="150" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3" height="150" valign="top" width="565"> <script language="JavaScript"> function computeTech(form1){ // Initialise variables var studysite="0"; // set variables studysite=form1.elements[0].value; // identify technology class var technology1="none"; var technology2="none"; var technology3="none"; var technology4="none"; var technology5="none"; var technology6="none"; if(studysite=="1"){ technology1="**"; 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technology4="Soil salinization."; technology5="Use of pocket of fresh ground water under micro-depressions; use of additional sources of fresh water for irrigation; change of irrigation technique from sprinkler irrigation to drip irrigation."; technology6="(1) Code of land laws of Russian Federation, 25 October 2001 No. 136-FZ (with changes in 2003 and 2007) (2) Federal Law “About Melioration” 10 January 1996 4FZ (changes in 2003) (3) Code of water laws of Russian Federation 03 June 2006 No. 74- FZ (4) Federal Law “About Land Management” 18 June 2001 No. 78-FZ (5) Federal Law “ About protection of environment” 10 January 2002 No. 7-FZ"; } if(studysite=="3"){ technology1="Abandonment of traditional rainfed agriculture for large scale pastures, regional economic situation change."; technology2="Soils are sensitivity to erosion, decreased bio-diversity."; technology3="Decreased crop production, increase of sediment loads to local water ways."; technology4="Water erosion."; technology5="Land rotation management."; technology6="(1) Code of land laws of Russian Federation, 25 October 2001 No. 136-FZ (with changes in 2003 and 2007) (2) Federal Law “About Melioration” 10 January 1996 4FZ (changes in 2003) (3) Code of water laws of Russian Federation 03 June 2006 No. 74- FZ (4) Federal Law “About Land Management” 18 June 2001 No. 78-FZ (5) Federal Law “ About protection of environment” 10 January 2002 No. 7-FZ"; } form1.technology1.value=technology1; form1.technology2.value=technology2; form1.technology3.value=technology3; form1.technology4.value=technology4; form1.technology5.value=technology5; form1.technology6.value=technology6; return; } </script> <form action="" method="post" name="bysite"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td width="22%"> <b>Select main driver</b></td> <td align="left" width="78%"> <select name="studysite"><option value="1">Regional climate pattern change</option><option value="2">Saline groundwater rise</option><option value="3">Overgrazing</option></select> <input name="Calculate" onclick="computeTech(this.form)" type="button" value="Go" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> Socio-economic drivers</td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="70" name="technology1" rows="3"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> Environmental drivers</td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="70" name="technology2" rows="3"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> Pressures</td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="70" name="technology3" rows="3"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> Impacts</td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="70" name="technology4" rows="3"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> Responses</td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="70" name="technology5" rows="3"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> Policies</td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="70" name="technology6" rows="3"></textarea></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </form> </td> </tr> <tr> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/study-site-contexts/wp13-drivers-a-policy-thematicmenu-167"><strong>»Drivers and policy context for all study sites</strong></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Gender-related issues 2011-03-03T13:42:38Z 2011-03-03T13:42:38Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/dzhanibek-russia/553-gender-related-issues Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" src="http://www.scribd.com/embeds/49934695/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=list&amp;access_key=key-25rbkzlktrqu9xkxxc1e" data-auto-height="false" data-aspect-ratio="0.75" scrolling="no" id="doc_36566" width="590" height="500" frameborder="0"></iframe></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px; border: 1px solid #cccccc;" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b; background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... download the poster</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td style="border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 5%;"> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Gender_matters_Novy_Dzanibek.jpg.jpg" /></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px solid #cccccc;"> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" /><strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/download-documents/doc_download/210-gender-related-issues-dzhanibek-a-novy">Gender-related issues: Novy &amp; Dzhanibek</a></strong> [55 kB]</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" src="http://www.scribd.com/embeds/49934695/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=list&amp;access_key=key-25rbkzlktrqu9xkxxc1e" data-auto-height="false" data-aspect-ratio="0.75" scrolling="no" id="doc_36566" width="590" height="500" frameborder="0"></iframe></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px; border: 1px solid #cccccc;" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b; background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... download the poster</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td style="border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 5%;"> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/Gender_matters_Novy_Dzanibek.jpg.jpg" /></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px solid #cccccc;"> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" /><strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/download-documents/doc_download/210-gender-related-issues-dzhanibek-a-novy">Gender-related issues: Novy &amp; Dzhanibek</a></strong> [55 kB]</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Land degradation and conservation maps 2009-06-08T12:59:23Z 2009-06-08T12:59:23Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/dzhanibek-russia/274-land-degradation-and-conservation-maps Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p> The WOCAT tool for mapping land degradation and sustainable land management has been used in the Zeuss Koutine study site. Using the tool, an interdisciplinary team of specialists has recorded observations of land degradation, sustainable land management and recommendations for further prevention or mitigation on a land use base map.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <script language="JavaScript"> function computemap(form1){ // Initialise variables var mapchoice="0"; // set variables mapchoice=form1.elements[0].value; // identify comment class var comment="none"; var map= "none"; if(mapchoice=="1"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/1.%20Dzhanibek_Landuse_Types.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="2"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/2.%20Dzhanibek_Landuse_Area_Trend.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="3"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/3.%20Dzhanibek_Landuse_Intensity_Trend.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="4"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/4.%20Dzhanibek_Degradation_Dominant_Types.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="5"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/5.%20Dzhanibek_Degradation_Total_Extent.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="6"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/6.%20Dzhanibek_Degradation_By_Area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="7"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/7.%20Dzhanibek_Degradation_Rate_By_Area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="8"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/8.%20Dzhanibek_Conservation_Groups.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="9"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/9.%20Dzhanibek_Conservation_Total_Extent.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="10"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/10.%20Dzhanibek_Conservation_Measures.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="11"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/11.%20Dzhanibek_Conservation_Effectiveness_By_Area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="13"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/13.%20Dzhanibek_Expert_Recommendation.jpg"; } form1.comment.value=comment; //form1.map.value=map; document["mymap"].src = map; return; } </script> <form action="" method="post" name="bysite"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td width="22%"> <b>Select map type</b></td> <td align="left" width="78%"> <select name="mapchoice"> <option value="1">Land use: type</option> <option value="2">Land use: trends</option> <option value="3">Land use: intensity trend</option> <option value="4">Degradation: type</option> <option value="5">Degradation: extent</option> <option value="6">Degradation: degree</option> <option value="7">Degradation: rate</option> <option value="8">Land conservation: groups</option> <option value="9">Land conservation: extent</option> <option value="10">Land conservation: measures</option> <option value="11">Land conservation: effectiveness</option> <option value="13">Expert recommendations</option> </select> <input name="Calculate" onclick="computemap(this.form)" type="button" value="Go" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> <b>Comments</b></td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="76" name="comment" rows="1"></textarea></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img alt="" name="mymap" src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/1.%20Dzhanibek_Landuse_Types.jpg" width="595" /> </form> <p style="text-align: right;"><em>Map version: 12Jan12</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0" style="width: 595px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"> <span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"> <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=14&amp;Itemid=166&amp;lang=en">&raquo;Assessment and mapping methodology; summary results from all study sites</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The WOCAT tool for mapping land degradation and sustainable land management has been used in the Zeuss Koutine study site. Using the tool, an interdisciplinary team of specialists has recorded observations of land degradation, sustainable land management and recommendations for further prevention or mitigation on a land use base map.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <script language="JavaScript"> function computemap(form1){ // Initialise variables var mapchoice="0"; // set variables mapchoice=form1.elements[0].value; // identify comment class var comment="none"; var map= "none"; if(mapchoice=="1"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/1.%20Dzhanibek_Landuse_Types.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="2"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/2.%20Dzhanibek_Landuse_Area_Trend.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="3"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/3.%20Dzhanibek_Landuse_Intensity_Trend.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="4"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/4.%20Dzhanibek_Degradation_Dominant_Types.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="5"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/5.%20Dzhanibek_Degradation_Total_Extent.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="6"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/6.%20Dzhanibek_Degradation_By_Area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="7"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/7.%20Dzhanibek_Degradation_Rate_By_Area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="8"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/8.%20Dzhanibek_Conservation_Groups.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="9"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/9.%20Dzhanibek_Conservation_Total_Extent.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="10"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/10.%20Dzhanibek_Conservation_Measures.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="11"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/11.%20Dzhanibek_Conservation_Effectiveness_By_Area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="13"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/13.%20Dzhanibek_Expert_Recommendation.jpg"; } form1.comment.value=comment; //form1.map.value=map; document["mymap"].src = map; return; } </script> <form action="" method="post" name="bysite"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td width="22%"> <b>Select map type</b></td> <td align="left" width="78%"> <select name="mapchoice"> <option value="1">Land use: type</option> <option value="2">Land use: trends</option> <option value="3">Land use: intensity trend</option> <option value="4">Degradation: type</option> <option value="5">Degradation: extent</option> <option value="6">Degradation: degree</option> <option value="7">Degradation: rate</option> <option value="8">Land conservation: groups</option> <option value="9">Land conservation: extent</option> <option value="10">Land conservation: measures</option> <option value="11">Land conservation: effectiveness</option> <option value="13">Expert recommendations</option> </select> <input name="Calculate" onclick="computemap(this.form)" type="button" value="Go" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="22%"> <b>Comments</b></td> <td width="78%"> <textarea cols="76" name="comment" rows="1"></textarea></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img alt="" name="mymap" src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/1.%20Dzhanibek_Landuse_Types.jpg" width="595" /> </form> <p style="text-align: right;"><em>Map version: 12Jan12</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0" style="width: 595px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"> <span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"> <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=14&amp;Itemid=166&amp;lang=en">&raquo;Assessment and mapping methodology; summary results from all study sites</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> &nbsp;</p> Desertification risk assessment maps 2011-11-08T14:15:14Z 2011-11-08T14:15:14Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/dzhanibek-russia/717-desertification-risk-assessment-maps Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p><em>Source: extracted from Karavitis, C.,&nbsp;<em><em>Kosmas, C. </em></em> et al. (submitted article) An expert system towards assessing desertification risk using indicators. Environmental Management</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Envtl%20Mgt%20paper%20tab5.jpg"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Envtl%20Mgt%20paper%20tab5.jpg.jpg" height="154" width="309" /></a></td> <td rowspan="2" valign="top"> <p>The main desertification processes in the Dzhanibek study site are:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>overgrazing,</li> <li>water stress,</li> <li>soil salinization and</li> <li>water erosion in pastures &amp; shrubs</li> </ul> &nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"><em>Table 1: Desertification risk calculation per map unit</em></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For these processes the Desertification Risk Assessment Tool required the input of data to calculate 130 indicators in 9 map units. This data was obtained from the WOCAT database. The procedure was applied to all the map units in the Dzhanibek study site and the DRI values calculated are shown in Table 1.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The DRI values were mapped for each of the 9 polygons (Map 1)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Envtl%20Mgt%20paper%20map%203.1-1.png"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Envtl%20Mgt%20paper%20map%203.1-1.png.jpg" height="250" /></a></td> <td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Envtl%20Mgt%20paper%20map%203.2.png"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Envtl%20Mgt%20paper%20map%203.2.png.jpg" height="250" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"><em>Map 1: Desertification risk index (DRI)</em></td> <td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"><em>Map 2: Degree of land degradation (as assessed using the WOCAT mapping method)</em></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The DRI map was compared with the WOCAT QM of the same area (Map 2). It can be seen that the rate of degradation and the measures' effectiveness seen in the WOCAT map correspond closely to the DRI values, with the highest rate of degradation and the lowest measures effectiveness matching up to the highest values of DRI.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... about the use of the Desertification Risk Assessment Tool to calculate the Desertification Risk Index (DRI)</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/assessment-with-indicators/desertification-risk-assessment/888-using-the-desertification-risk-assessment-tool">»Using the Desertification Risk Assessment Tool</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Source: extracted from Karavitis, C.,&nbsp;<em><em>Kosmas, C. </em></em> et al. (submitted article) An expert system towards assessing desertification risk using indicators. Environmental Management</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Envtl%20Mgt%20paper%20tab5.jpg"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Envtl%20Mgt%20paper%20tab5.jpg.jpg" height="154" width="309" /></a></td> <td rowspan="2" valign="top"> <p>The main desertification processes in the Dzhanibek study site are:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>overgrazing,</li> <li>water stress,</li> <li>soil salinization and</li> <li>water erosion in pastures &amp; shrubs</li> </ul> &nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"><em>Table 1: Desertification risk calculation per map unit</em></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For these processes the Desertification Risk Assessment Tool required the input of data to calculate 130 indicators in 9 map units. This data was obtained from the WOCAT database. The procedure was applied to all the map units in the Dzhanibek study site and the DRI values calculated are shown in Table 1.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The DRI values were mapped for each of the 9 polygons (Map 1)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Envtl%20Mgt%20paper%20map%203.1-1.png"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Envtl%20Mgt%20paper%20map%203.1-1.png.jpg" height="250" /></a></td> <td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Envtl%20Mgt%20paper%20map%203.2.png"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Envtl%20Mgt%20paper%20map%203.2.png.jpg" height="250" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"><em>Map 1: Desertification risk index (DRI)</em></td> <td style="text-align: center;" valign="top"><em>Map 2: Degree of land degradation (as assessed using the WOCAT mapping method)</em></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The DRI map was compared with the WOCAT QM of the same area (Map 2). It can be seen that the rate of degradation and the measures' effectiveness seen in the WOCAT map correspond closely to the DRI values, with the highest rate of degradation and the lowest measures effectiveness matching up to the highest values of DRI.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... about the use of the Desertification Risk Assessment Tool to calculate the Desertification Risk Index (DRI)</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/assessment-with-indicators/desertification-risk-assessment/888-using-the-desertification-risk-assessment-tool">»Using the Desertification Risk Assessment Tool</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> Evaluating the desertification risk assessment tool with local experimental results 2013-09-30T12:13:38Z 2013-09-30T12:13:38Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/dzhanibek-russia/908-evaluating-the-desertification-risk-assessment-tool-with-experimental-results Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p><em>Author: Victor Jetten</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong><br />The Dzhanibek study area is situated on the territory of Pallasovsky District, Volgograd Region, which is a dry steppe area situated at the left bank of lower part of Volga River valley. The climate of has a number of negative characteristics (drought, dry hot winds, dust whirls etc.) but also positive factors as warm summers and high radiation allows the valuable agricultural cultivation. The irrigation of crops in this region (situated at about 100 km from Volga River and very scarce local resources of fresh water) was stopped in early 2000 due to increasing of costs for water delivering strongly linked to high price for energy. Working equipment was sold, the old units finally broke down. Water storage capacities at the territory were absolutely dry for already 4 years from beginning of project activities. Before, they were used to be filled with snowmelt water. Unprofessional vegetable farming for domestic use is also under threat. High evaporation and shallow groundwater lead to salinization of the soil. Nowadays the main income of the stakeholders is agricultural production from their garden plots (fruits and vegetables), growing cattle (sheep and cows). There is a big agricultural conglomeration – farm “Romashkovsky”. The young generation is leaving rural areas due to level of life and possibilities to find more income in the urban area. Lack of information about sustainable land management, climate instabilities and weak institutional support with low financial support from the government makes the life of people in this region difficult. The experiment focusses on testing drip irrigation as a water conservation practice while generating a viable crop yield.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Desertification indices</strong><br />The main desertification process is salinization. The risk is calculated as very high (4.56) because the annual precipitation is low (400 mm) the evaporation is much higher and irrigation water is from partly saline groundwater. When drip irrigation is simulated with partly fresh water and assumed this causes a reduction of overexploitation of groundwater to local pockets, the salinization risk drops to moderate (3.41). This depends also on the drainage of the soil, in places which are well drained the risk is moderate (3.29) and very poorly drained soils still have a high risk (3.70). &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Dzhanibek%201.jpg"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Dzhanibek%201.jpg.jpg" width="275" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong><br />The desertification risk assessment tool deals relatively well with the actual situation and the proposed technology (drip irrigation with fresh water), because this can be translated in variables that occur in the system.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... general conclusions and results from other study sites<br /></strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=898:evaluating-the-desertification-risk-assessment-tool-with-experimental-results&amp;catid=275:desertification-risk-assessment-tool&amp;Itemid=629">»Evaluating the Desertification Risk Assessment Tool with experimental results</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Author: Victor Jetten</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong><br />The Dzhanibek study area is situated on the territory of Pallasovsky District, Volgograd Region, which is a dry steppe area situated at the left bank of lower part of Volga River valley. The climate of has a number of negative characteristics (drought, dry hot winds, dust whirls etc.) but also positive factors as warm summers and high radiation allows the valuable agricultural cultivation. The irrigation of crops in this region (situated at about 100 km from Volga River and very scarce local resources of fresh water) was stopped in early 2000 due to increasing of costs for water delivering strongly linked to high price for energy. Working equipment was sold, the old units finally broke down. Water storage capacities at the territory were absolutely dry for already 4 years from beginning of project activities. Before, they were used to be filled with snowmelt water. Unprofessional vegetable farming for domestic use is also under threat. High evaporation and shallow groundwater lead to salinization of the soil. Nowadays the main income of the stakeholders is agricultural production from their garden plots (fruits and vegetables), growing cattle (sheep and cows). There is a big agricultural conglomeration – farm “Romashkovsky”. The young generation is leaving rural areas due to level of life and possibilities to find more income in the urban area. Lack of information about sustainable land management, climate instabilities and weak institutional support with low financial support from the government makes the life of people in this region difficult. The experiment focusses on testing drip irrigation as a water conservation practice while generating a viable crop yield.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Desertification indices</strong><br />The main desertification process is salinization. The risk is calculated as very high (4.56) because the annual precipitation is low (400 mm) the evaporation is much higher and irrigation water is from partly saline groundwater. When drip irrigation is simulated with partly fresh water and assumed this causes a reduction of overexploitation of groundwater to local pockets, the salinization risk drops to moderate (3.41). This depends also on the drainage of the soil, in places which are well drained the risk is moderate (3.29) and very poorly drained soils still have a high risk (3.70). &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Dzhanibek%201.jpg"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Dzhanibek%201.jpg.jpg" width="275" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong><br />The desertification risk assessment tool deals relatively well with the actual situation and the proposed technology (drip irrigation with fresh water), because this can be translated in variables that occur in the system.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... general conclusions and results from other study sites<br /></strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=898:evaluating-the-desertification-risk-assessment-tool-with-experimental-results&amp;catid=275:desertification-risk-assessment-tool&amp;Itemid=629">»Evaluating the Desertification Risk Assessment Tool with experimental results</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> Identifying strategies: Stakeholder Workshop 1 2008-11-03T12:59:41Z 2008-11-03T12:59:41Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/dzhanibek-russia/195-stakeholder-workshop-1-dzhanybek-russia Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p>A report on the results of the workshop "Land degradation and desertification - existing and potential prevention and conservation strategies" held in District Pallasovka, Volgograd Region, Russia, 25-30 March 2008</p> <p>Authors and moderators: Anatoly Zeiliguer, Vyacheslav Semenov</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig4-3.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="113" width="99" /></td> <td style="background-color: #7b9ebd;"> <p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>Workshop objectives:<br /></strong>1. Mutual learning<br />2. Identification of relevant land degradation problems in the Dzhanibek<br />3. Identification of existing and new soil conservation strategies<br />4. Selection of 3-5 promising solutions for land degradation for further evaluation and study after the workshop</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>Predominant types of land use in this area are breeding, and cropping. The main desertification processes that affect the land are weak manifestation of water erosion (26% of agricultural lands) and deflation (1% of agricultural lands on light sediments), moderate and strong soil salinization (17% of agricultural lands).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Main causes and effects of land degradation identified in the workshop</strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td valign="top">Affecting the water cycle</td> <td valign="top"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/fig7-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig7-2.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="217" width="400" /></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td valign="top">Affecting the biomass cycle</td> <td valign="top"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/fig8-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig8-2.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="164" width="400" /></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Solutions already applied at the local level</td> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li>green manure and</li> <li>drainage system</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 565px; height: 102px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig1-3.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="85" width="131" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig2-3.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="85" width="130" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig3-3.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="85" width="131" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig5-2.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="85" width="130" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 560px; height: 99px;" align="center" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #7b9ebd;"> <div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Strategies to be evaluated</span></strong></div> <div align="center"><span style="color: #ffffff;">1. Drip irrigation</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffff;">2. Water-proofing </span><br /><span style="color: #ffffff;">3. Land phyto reclamation (Sudan grass)</span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Draft outline of strategy for sustainable land management in this region</strong></p> <div><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/fig6-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig6-2.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="181" width="400" /></a></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>download the full report and see results and general conclusions from other study sites</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b; width: 10%;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=21&amp;Itemid=177&amp;lang=en"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/report_cover-1.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="117" width="80" /></a></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;" valign="bottom"> <p><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_docman&amp;task=doc_download&amp;gid=82&amp;Itemid=" class="doclink"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/components/com_docman/themes/default/images/icons/16x16/pdf.png" alt="icon" border="0" /><strong>WP3.1 Stakeholder Workshop 1: Dzhanibek (report) <span class="small">1.3 MB</span></strong></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=21&amp;Itemid=177&amp;lang=en"><strong>»Identifying strategies: Stakeholder Workshop 1 methodology and summary results from all study sites</strong></a><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=21&amp;Itemid=177&amp;lang=en"><strong></strong></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>A report on the results of the workshop "Land degradation and desertification - existing and potential prevention and conservation strategies" held in District Pallasovka, Volgograd Region, Russia, 25-30 March 2008</p> <p>Authors and moderators: Anatoly Zeiliguer, Vyacheslav Semenov</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig4-3.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="113" width="99" /></td> <td style="background-color: #7b9ebd;"> <p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>Workshop objectives:<br /></strong>1. Mutual learning<br />2. Identification of relevant land degradation problems in the Dzhanibek<br />3. Identification of existing and new soil conservation strategies<br />4. Selection of 3-5 promising solutions for land degradation for further evaluation and study after the workshop</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>Predominant types of land use in this area are breeding, and cropping. The main desertification processes that affect the land are weak manifestation of water erosion (26% of agricultural lands) and deflation (1% of agricultural lands on light sediments), moderate and strong soil salinization (17% of agricultural lands).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Main causes and effects of land degradation identified in the workshop</strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td valign="top">Affecting the water cycle</td> <td valign="top"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/fig7-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig7-2.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="217" width="400" /></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td valign="top">Affecting the biomass cycle</td> <td valign="top"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/fig8-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig8-2.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="164" width="400" /></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Solutions already applied at the local level</td> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li>green manure and</li> <li>drainage system</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 565px; height: 102px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig1-3.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="85" width="131" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig2-3.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="85" width="130" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig3-3.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="85" width="131" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig5-2.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="85" width="130" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 560px; height: 99px;" align="center" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #7b9ebd;"> <div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Strategies to be evaluated</span></strong></div> <div align="center"><span style="color: #ffffff;">1. Drip irrigation</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffff;">2. Water-proofing </span><br /><span style="color: #ffffff;">3. Land phyto reclamation (Sudan grass)</span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Draft outline of strategy for sustainable land management in this region</strong></p> <div><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/fig6-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/fig6-2.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="181" width="400" /></a></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #9b9b9b;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>More details ... </strong></span><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>download the full report and see results and general conclusions from other study sites</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b; width: 10%;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=21&amp;Itemid=177&amp;lang=en"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/report_cover-1.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="117" width="80" /></a></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;" valign="bottom"> <p><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_docman&amp;task=doc_download&amp;gid=82&amp;Itemid=" class="doclink"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/components/com_docman/themes/default/images/icons/16x16/pdf.png" alt="icon" border="0" /><strong>WP3.1 Stakeholder Workshop 1: Dzhanibek (report) <span class="small">1.3 MB</span></strong></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;"><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=21&amp;Itemid=177&amp;lang=en"><strong>»Identifying strategies: Stakeholder Workshop 1 methodology and summary results from all study sites</strong></a><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=21&amp;Itemid=177&amp;lang=en"><strong></strong></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> Evaluating strategies: technologies and approaches documented 2011-02-22T13:55:42Z 2011-02-22T13:55:42Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/dzhanibek-russia/536-evaluating-strategies-technologies-and-approaches-documented Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/technology.jpg.jpg" width="105" /></td> <td valign="bottom"> <p>Stakeholder Workshop 1 identified a number of existing or potential strategies to combat desertification and land degradation in the Dzanibek study site. In the months following the workshop these strategies (technologies or approaches) were documented and evaluated in a structured and standardised way and their descriptions were entered in the WOCAT Technologies and Approaches databases in order to share the information with other DESIRE sites as well as globally.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For details of all Technologies and Approaches documented in the WOCAT Database (from the DESIRE study sites and from other sites worldwide), see</p> <ul> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://cdewocat.unibe.ch/wocatQT/qt_report.php"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" />WOCAT Technologies Database </a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://cdewocat.unibe.ch/wocatQA/SearchApproach.php"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" />WOCAT Approaches Database</a></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For those relating to this study site, click on the Name of technology or Name of approach to go directly to the descriptions in the database.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>WOCAT Technologies Database </strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Country </span><br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Code </span><br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Name of technology</span> <br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Author </span><br /></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Russia</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">RUS01</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://qt.wocat.net/qt_summary.php?lang=English&amp;qt_id=161">»Drip irrigation</a></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Zeyliger Anatoly, Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><br /><strong>WOCAT Approaches Database </strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><span style="color: #ffffff;"> </span><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Country </span><br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Code </span><br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Name of approach </span><br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Author</span></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Russian Federation</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">RUS01</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://qa.wocat.net/SummaryApproach.php?selected_language=english&amp;selected_id=213">»Concerted thinking on common problems of water scarcity</a></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Zeyliger Anatoly, Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/technology.jpg.jpg" width="105" /></td> <td valign="bottom"> <p>Stakeholder Workshop 1 identified a number of existing or potential strategies to combat desertification and land degradation in the Dzanibek study site. In the months following the workshop these strategies (technologies or approaches) were documented and evaluated in a structured and standardised way and their descriptions were entered in the WOCAT Technologies and Approaches databases in order to share the information with other DESIRE sites as well as globally.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For details of all Technologies and Approaches documented in the WOCAT Database (from the DESIRE study sites and from other sites worldwide), see</p> <ul> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://cdewocat.unibe.ch/wocatQT/qt_report.php"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" />WOCAT Technologies Database </a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://cdewocat.unibe.ch/wocatQA/SearchApproach.php"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-page_url.gif" />WOCAT Approaches Database</a></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For those relating to this study site, click on the Name of technology or Name of approach to go directly to the descriptions in the database.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>WOCAT Technologies Database </strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Country </span><br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Code </span><br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Name of technology</span> <br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Author </span><br /></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Russia</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">RUS01</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://qt.wocat.net/qt_summary.php?lang=English&amp;qt_id=161">»Drip irrigation</a></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Zeyliger Anatoly, Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><br /><strong>WOCAT Approaches Database </strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><span style="color: #ffffff;"> </span><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Country </span><br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Code </span><br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Name of approach </span><br /></strong></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Author</span></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Russian Federation</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">RUS01</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://qa.wocat.net/SummaryApproach.php?selected_language=english&amp;selected_id=213">»Concerted thinking on common problems of water scarcity</a></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;" valign="top">Zeyliger Anatoly, Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p>