Novy, Russia DESIRE Project Harmonised Information System http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/novy-russia 2016-09-22T20:48:42Z Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management Contact the Novy study site team 2010-11-29T10:49:27Z 2010-11-29T10:49:27Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/novy-russia/490-contact-the-novy-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"></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"></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 2007-11-20T12:36:59Z 2007-11-20T12:36:59Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/novy-russia/139-novy-russia-study-site-description Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p>The Novy study site is located near the settlement of Podlesnoye, on the east bank of the Volga River.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>{mosgmap mapid=23|height=350px|zoomtype=small|showmaptype=true}</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig2-35.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig8-13.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig10-16.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig6-24.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig3-31.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig5-24.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig9-13.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>From a <strong>scientific point of view</strong>a major land degradation problem in this area is caused mainly by the long time irrigation system used since its construction in the 1960s which provoked a ground water table rise due to over application of water. As a consequences the rising ground water provokes (1) water logging of irrigated and surrounding areas causing a change of soil water regime from semi-arid to semi-humid, (2) a secondary soil salinization due to dissolution of salt crystals held in the ground layers of the vadose zone and raising them to the upper root zone, which creates toxic conditions for plants and augments a soil water osmotic pressure leading to diminishing of interval of available for plants water in soil, (3) decreasing soil organic matter content due to leaching, which leads to soil compaction, damage of soil structure, worsening hydraulic conductivity &amp; water retention capacity and other soil parameters.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>From the <strong>land users’ point of view</strong> a high groundwater level, a non-uniform pattern of soil fertility and extensive weed growth are consequences of former extended irrigation that is still maintained in some areas. Thus, the main degradation type of irrigated fields and surrounding territories is chemical soil deterioration, i.e. salinization: a net increase of the soluble salt content at the plant root zone leading to a productivity decline.</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/fig11-13.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%20Novy%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 Novy study site is located near the settlement of Podlesnoye, on the east bank of the Volga River.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>{mosgmap mapid=23|height=350px|zoomtype=small|showmaptype=true}</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig2-35.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig8-13.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig10-16.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig6-24.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig3-31.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig5-24.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/fig9-13.jpg.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>From a <strong>scientific point of view</strong>a major land degradation problem in this area is caused mainly by the long time irrigation system used since its construction in the 1960s which provoked a ground water table rise due to over application of water. As a consequences the rising ground water provokes (1) water logging of irrigated and surrounding areas causing a change of soil water regime from semi-arid to semi-humid, (2) a secondary soil salinization due to dissolution of salt crystals held in the ground layers of the vadose zone and raising them to the upper root zone, which creates toxic conditions for plants and augments a soil water osmotic pressure leading to diminishing of interval of available for plants water in soil, (3) decreasing soil organic matter content due to leaching, which leads to soil compaction, damage of soil structure, worsening hydraulic conductivity &amp; water retention capacity and other soil parameters.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>From the <strong>land users’ point of view</strong> a high groundwater level, a non-uniform pattern of soil fertility and extensive weed growth are consequences of former extended irrigation that is still maintained in some areas. Thus, the main degradation type of irrigated fields and surrounding territories is chemical soil deterioration, i.e. salinization: a net increase of the soluble salt content at the plant root zone leading to a productivity decline.</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/fig11-13.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%20Novy%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/novy-russia/724-stakeholders-and-their-sustainability-goals Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p><strong>The area and people</strong><br />Land users</p> <ul> <li>Small size household farming (about 1 ha)</li> <li>Stock farmers (about 100 ha)</li> <li>People living in the area are about 1500</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Degradation problems</p> <ul> <li>Secondary salinization due to water table</li> <li>Poor water management practices</li> <li>Irrigation</li> <li>Soil structure decline</li> <li>Wind erosion</li> <li>Water erosion</li> <li>Productivity decline</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Study site stakeholder workshops</strong></p> <p>Involvement of stakeholders with DESIRE on study site</p> <ul> <li>Representation of research state institutes on land reclamation</li> <li>Extension service (ministry of agriculture)</li> <li>Representative of agricultural association</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Feedback from stakeholder workshop</p> <ul> <li>The added value of DESIRE is the study site can be the information&nbsp; on alternative options for land management.</li> <li>Some (representative from research institutes) feel that no other technologies are needed.</li> <li>An initial reaction was: “will there be any financial support?” During the workshop people become more active in the discussions and committed to work together.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Stakeholder groups</strong></p> <ul> <li>Administration of Saratov Region</li> <li>Administration of Marksovsky municipal district</li> <li>Department of Hydrogeology and Land Reclamation</li> <li>Collective farms</li> <li>Small farm holders.</li> <li>Holders of personal subsidiary plots.</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 />Land users</p> <ul> <li>Small size household farming (about 1 ha)</li> <li>Stock farmers (about 100 ha)</li> <li>People living in the area are about 1500</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Degradation problems</p> <ul> <li>Secondary salinization due to water table</li> <li>Poor water management practices</li> <li>Irrigation</li> <li>Soil structure decline</li> <li>Wind erosion</li> <li>Water erosion</li> <li>Productivity decline</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Study site stakeholder workshops</strong></p> <p>Involvement of stakeholders with DESIRE on study site</p> <ul> <li>Representation of research state institutes on land reclamation</li> <li>Extension service (ministry of agriculture)</li> <li>Representative of agricultural association</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Feedback from stakeholder workshop</p> <ul> <li>The added value of DESIRE is the study site can be the information&nbsp; on alternative options for land management.</li> <li>Some (representative from research institutes) feel that no other technologies are needed.</li> <li>An initial reaction was: “will there be any financial support?” During the workshop people become more active in the discussions and committed to work together.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Stakeholder groups</strong></p> <ul> <li>Administration of Saratov Region</li> <li>Administration of Marksovsky municipal district</li> <li>Department of Hydrogeology and Land Reclamation</li> <li>Collective farms</li> <li>Small farm holders.</li> <li>Holders of personal subsidiary plots.</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/novy-russia/725-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 Novy 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/novy-russia/188-stakeholder-workshop-1-novy-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/novy-russia/294-site-implementation-plan-novy-russia">»Field experiments</a></strong> and the scenarios used in <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/novy-russia/727-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="Weak institutional support, lack of credit facilities, subsistence farming."; technology2="Poor vegetation growing, change of plant and land cover."; technology3="Ground water level rise, increased loss of water due to deep percolation, hazard of ground water pollution, crop yield decline."; technology4="Soil salinization, water logging."; technology5="Introduction of soil and water friendly irrigation techniques (potential)."; 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=="2"){ technology1="Land use change."; technology2="**"; technology3="Increased sediment load into local water ways."; technology4="Runoff, soil loss."; technology5="**"; 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">Excessive irrigation</option><option value="2">Poor irrigation practices</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 Novy 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/novy-russia/188-stakeholder-workshop-1-novy-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/novy-russia/294-site-implementation-plan-novy-russia">»Field experiments</a></strong> and the scenarios used in <strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/en/novy-russia/727-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="Weak institutional support, lack of credit facilities, subsistence farming."; technology2="Poor vegetation growing, change of plant and land cover."; technology3="Ground water level rise, increased loss of water due to deep percolation, hazard of ground water pollution, crop yield decline."; technology4="Soil salinization, water logging."; technology5="Introduction of soil and water friendly irrigation techniques (potential)."; 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=="2"){ technology1="Land use change."; technology2="**"; technology3="Increased sediment load into local water ways."; technology4="Runoff, soil loss."; technology5="**"; 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">Excessive irrigation</option><option value="2">Poor irrigation practices</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 2011-03-03T13:44:08Z 2011-03-03T13:44:08Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/novy-russia/554-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; 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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.Novy_Landuse.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="2"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/2.Novy_Landuse_Area_Trend.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="3"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/3.Novy_Landuse_Intensity_Trend.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="4"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/4.Novy_Degradation_Dominant_Types.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="5"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/5.Novy_Degradation_Ext_Total.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="6"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/6.Novy_Degradation_Degree_By_Area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="7"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/7.Novy_Degradation_Rate_By_Area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="8"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/8.Novy_Conservation_Groups.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="9"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/9.novy_Conservation_Ext_Total.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="10"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/10.Novy_Conservation_Measures.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="11"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/11.Novy_Conservation_Effevtiveness_by_area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="12"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/12.Novy_Conservation_Effevtiveness_Trend_by_area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="13"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/13.Novy_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="12">Land conservation: effectiveness trends</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="75" name="comment" rows="1"></textarea></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img alt="" name="mymap" src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/1.Novy_Landuse.jpg" width="590" /> </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.Novy_Landuse.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="2"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/2.Novy_Landuse_Area_Trend.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="3"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/3.Novy_Landuse_Intensity_Trend.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="4"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/4.Novy_Degradation_Dominant_Types.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="5"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/5.Novy_Degradation_Ext_Total.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="6"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/6.Novy_Degradation_Degree_By_Area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="7"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/7.Novy_Degradation_Rate_By_Area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="8"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/8.Novy_Conservation_Groups.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="9"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/9.novy_Conservation_Ext_Total.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="10"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/10.Novy_Conservation_Measures.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="11"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/11.Novy_Conservation_Effevtiveness_by_area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="12"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/12.Novy_Conservation_Effevtiveness_Trend_by_area.jpg"; } if(mapchoice=="13"){ comment=""; map="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/13.Novy_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="12">Land conservation: effectiveness trends</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="75" name="comment" rows="1"></textarea></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img alt="" name="mymap" src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/1.Novy_Landuse.jpg" width="590" /> </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> 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/novy-russia/909-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 Novy study site covering the Marksovsky Region of Saratov Oblast is situated at left bank of Volga River, and has a semi-arid climate. A long warm and dry summer with little rainfall every second year makes an extensive rainfall based agriculture practically impossible. Considerable land use changes have taken place over the last 40 years while first large irrigation system been constructed based on sprinkler irrigation use. This has caused regional ground water rising and secondary salinization appearing, as well as of developing of zones suffering of local runoff and water erosion by excessive irrigation. The collapse of the Soviet Union and increased socio-economic crises with rising prices of energy (pumping water from the Volga river), the use of irrigated land at Marksovsky Region diminished more than 5 times from its original size. Sprinkler irrigation was partly replaced by furrow irrigation, which is less expensive (no pumping) but has a low efficiency. as much water is lost because of low infiltration rates. This in fact generates soil erosion in the furrows and sedimentation of agrochemicals in nearby ponds. Drip irrigation has a much better controlled application of water below the surface, which conserves water and prevents erosion.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Desertification indices</strong><br />The main desertification process is salinization and water erosion because of excessive irrigation. The salinization risk is calculated as low (2.39) which correctly reflects the situation as the irrigation water source is fresh river water. On very poorly drained soil this risk may become moderate (2.68). The erosion risk is calculated as low (2.21) which is logical because excessive irrigation is not a factor in the system and the natural rainfall would not cause erosion.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Novy%201.jpg"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Novy%201.jpg.jpg" width="275" /></a></td> <td valign="bottom"> <p><em>Erosion and Salinization risk and onvery poorly drained soils</em></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conclusion</strong><br />The desertification risk assessment tool correctly identifies the salinization risk but cannot calculate the man-made erosion risk which is logical.<br /><br /></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 Novy study site covering the Marksovsky Region of Saratov Oblast is situated at left bank of Volga River, and has a semi-arid climate. A long warm and dry summer with little rainfall every second year makes an extensive rainfall based agriculture practically impossible. Considerable land use changes have taken place over the last 40 years while first large irrigation system been constructed based on sprinkler irrigation use. This has caused regional ground water rising and secondary salinization appearing, as well as of developing of zones suffering of local runoff and water erosion by excessive irrigation. The collapse of the Soviet Union and increased socio-economic crises with rising prices of energy (pumping water from the Volga river), the use of irrigated land at Marksovsky Region diminished more than 5 times from its original size. Sprinkler irrigation was partly replaced by furrow irrigation, which is less expensive (no pumping) but has a low efficiency. as much water is lost because of low infiltration rates. This in fact generates soil erosion in the furrows and sedimentation of agrochemicals in nearby ponds. Drip irrigation has a much better controlled application of water below the surface, which conserves water and prevents erosion.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Desertification indices</strong><br />The main desertification process is salinization and water erosion because of excessive irrigation. The salinization risk is calculated as low (2.39) which correctly reflects the situation as the irrigation water source is fresh river water. On very poorly drained soil this risk may become moderate (2.68). The erosion risk is calculated as low (2.21) which is logical because excessive irrigation is not a factor in the system and the natural rainfall would not cause erosion.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Novy%201.jpg"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/Novy%201.jpg.jpg" width="275" /></a></td> <td valign="bottom"> <p><em>Erosion and Salinization risk and onvery poorly drained soils</em></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conclusion</strong><br />The desertification risk assessment tool correctly identifies the salinization risk but cannot calculate the man-made erosion risk which is logical.<br /><br /></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 2008-10-31T11:25:34Z 2008-10-31T11:25:34Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/novy-russia/188-stakeholder-workshop-1-novy-russia Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p>A report on the results of the first DESIRE stakeholder workshop on "Land degradation and desertification - existing and potential prevention and mitigation strategies" held in Novyi, Saratov, Russia, 11-13 February 2008.</p> <p><em>Moderators and authors: Tatiana Smirnova, Nina Pronko</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Background</strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/WP3_1_Saratov_1.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="54" width="80" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/WP3_1_Saratov_2.jpg.jpg" alt=" " /></p> </td> <td> <ul> <li><strong>Land use type</strong> - cropland (annual &amp; perennial cropping).</li> <li><strong>Key characteristics</strong> - high ground water table; secondary salinization.</li> <li><strong>Impacts </strong>- soil organic matter transformation, compaction, damage in structure, poor hydraulic conductivity, water retention capacity etc.</li> <li><strong>Main degradation type</strong> - chemical soil deterioration (salinization) → productivity decline.</li> <li><strong>Main causes of land degradation: a) direct</strong> - disturbance of the water cycle, abstraction<br /> of water (irrigation) and crop management; <strong>b) Indirect</strong> - governance/institutional inputs and infrastructure.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Results and conclusions from sequences / exercises</strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td>1. The biomass cycle</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/WP3_1_Saratov_7.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_7.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="200" width="332" /></a></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_8.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="150" width="208" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2. The water cycle</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/WP3_1_Saratov_5.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_5.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="150" width="311" /></a></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_6.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="150" width="206" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>List of stakeholders and their influence and interest in regard to sustainable land management</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/WP3_1_Saratov_9.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_9.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="141" width="400" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Assessment made by local and external stakeholders</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/WP3_1_Saratov_10.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_10.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="87" width="400" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>List of technologies to be evaluated by WOCAT methodology<br /></strong></p> <table style="width: 565px; height: 48px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #7b9ebd;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Applied:</span></td> <td style="background-color: #7b9ebd;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Potential:</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;">• Green manure<br /> • Drainage</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;">• Drip irrigation<br /> • Licorice (Glycyrrhiza) cultivation</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Draft outline of an overall strategy for sustainable land management</strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Objectives (Mitigation of disturbances in the cycles) <br /></span></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Appropriate technologies (What?)</span></td> <td style="background-color: #7b9ebd;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Adequate approaches (How?) </span></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Responsible stakeholders (Who?) </span></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;"> <ul> <li>To reduce recharge of<br /> groundwater sources</li> <li>To improve water infiltration</li> </ul> </td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;">Drip irrigation</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;"> <ul> <li>Purchase and instalment of pipes</li> <li>Determination of optimum</li> <li>irrigation scheme</li> <li>Training of farmers to use the technology</li> </ul> </td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;"> <ul> <li>Producers and distributors of pipes</li> <li>Farmers</li> <li>Extension service</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_4.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="150" width="180" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_11.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="150" width="228" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/WP3_1_Saratov_3.jpg" alt=" " height="150" width="148" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Recommendations and difficulties encountered</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Strengths. </strong>In general the seminar was a success and the objectives were attained. It provided a good basis for evaluation of solutions for SLM. The most suitable overall strategy was developed for the local conditions.</li> <li><strong>Weaknesses.</strong> The workshop is carried out not in a village / community. Not all the stakeholders were equally interested in the SLM.</li> </ul> <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 poster and see results and general conclusions from other study sites</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b; width: 10%;"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/WP3.1_Stakeholder_Workshop_1_Novyi__Report_34_vJan09_.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="115" width="80" /></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=84&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: Novyi (report) (<span class="small">388.58 kB)</span></strong></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td 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"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/WP3.1_Stakeholder_Workshop_1_Saratov__results_poster_-1.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="56" 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=53&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: Saratov (results poster) (<span class="small">500.38 kB)</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 first DESIRE stakeholder workshop on "Land degradation and desertification - existing and potential prevention and mitigation strategies" held in Novyi, Saratov, Russia, 11-13 February 2008.</p> <p><em>Moderators and authors: Tatiana Smirnova, Nina Pronko</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Background</strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/WP3_1_Saratov_1.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="54" width="80" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/WP3_1_Saratov_2.jpg.jpg" alt=" " /></p> </td> <td> <ul> <li><strong>Land use type</strong> - cropland (annual &amp; perennial cropping).</li> <li><strong>Key characteristics</strong> - high ground water table; secondary salinization.</li> <li><strong>Impacts </strong>- soil organic matter transformation, compaction, damage in structure, poor hydraulic conductivity, water retention capacity etc.</li> <li><strong>Main degradation type</strong> - chemical soil deterioration (salinization) → productivity decline.</li> <li><strong>Main causes of land degradation: a) direct</strong> - disturbance of the water cycle, abstraction<br /> of water (irrigation) and crop management; <strong>b) Indirect</strong> - governance/institutional inputs and infrastructure.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Results and conclusions from sequences / exercises</strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td>1. The biomass cycle</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/WP3_1_Saratov_7.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_7.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="200" width="332" /></a></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_8.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="150" width="208" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2. The water cycle</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/WP3_1_Saratov_5.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_5.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="150" width="311" /></a></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_6.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="150" width="206" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>List of stakeholders and their influence and interest in regard to sustainable land management</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/WP3_1_Saratov_9.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_9.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="141" width="400" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Assessment made by local and external stakeholders</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/WP3_1_Saratov_10.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_10.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="87" width="400" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>List of technologies to be evaluated by WOCAT methodology<br /></strong></p> <table style="width: 565px; height: 48px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #7b9ebd;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Applied:</span></td> <td style="background-color: #7b9ebd;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Potential:</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;">• Green manure<br /> • Drainage</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;">• Drip irrigation<br /> • Licorice (Glycyrrhiza) cultivation</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Draft outline of an overall strategy for sustainable land management</strong></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Objectives (Mitigation of disturbances in the cycles) <br /></span></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Appropriate technologies (What?)</span></td> <td style="background-color: #7b9ebd;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Adequate approaches (How?) </span></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd; background-color: #7b9ebd;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Responsible stakeholders (Who?) </span></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;"> <ul> <li>To reduce recharge of<br /> groundwater sources</li> <li>To improve water infiltration</li> </ul> </td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;">Drip irrigation</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;"> <ul> <li>Purchase and instalment of pipes</li> <li>Determination of optimum</li> <li>irrigation scheme</li> <li>Training of farmers to use the technology</li> </ul> </td> <td style="border: 1px solid #7b9ebd;"> <ul> <li>Producers and distributors of pipes</li> <li>Farmers</li> <li>Extension service</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_4.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="150" width="180" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/display/WP3_1_Saratov_11.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="150" width="228" /></td> <td><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/WP3_1_Saratov_3.jpg" alt=" " height="150" width="148" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Recommendations and difficulties encountered</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Strengths. </strong>In general the seminar was a success and the objectives were attained. It provided a good basis for evaluation of solutions for SLM. The most suitable overall strategy was developed for the local conditions.</li> <li><strong>Weaknesses.</strong> The workshop is carried out not in a village / community. Not all the stakeholders were equally interested in the SLM.</li> </ul> <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 poster and see results and general conclusions from other study sites</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b; width: 10%;"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/WP3.1_Stakeholder_Workshop_1_Novyi__Report_34_vJan09_.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="115" width="80" /></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=84&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: Novyi (report) (<span class="small">388.58 kB)</span></strong></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td 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"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/WP3.1_Stakeholder_Workshop_1_Saratov__results_poster_-1.jpg.jpg" alt=" " height="56" 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=53&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: Saratov (results poster) (<span class="small">500.38 kB)</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 2011-02-22T13:58:49Z 2011-02-22T13:58:49Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/novy-russia/537-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 Novy 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 Novy 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> Selecting strategies: Stakeholder Workshop 2 2009-05-21T17:22:05Z 2009-05-21T17:22:05Z http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php/en/novy-russia/259-stakeholder-workshop-2-novy-russia Jane Brandt medesdesire@googlemail.com <p>Results and conclusions from Stakeholder Workshop 2 "Selection and decision on technologies/approaches to be implemented", held in Marks District, Saratov Oblast, Russia, 8-9 August 2008.</p> <p><em>Authors: Anatoly ZEILIGUER, Vyacheslav SEMENOV, Olga ERMOLAEVA.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The workshop methodology was designed and coordinated through <strong>Research Theme 3: Potential prevention &amp; mitigation strategies</strong> and consisted of three main elements:</p> <ul> <li>A participatory approach to guide and lead the workshop participants through a process of multi-criteria evaluation of different options which finally results in decision-making on strategies to be field-tested.</li> <li>The WOCAT database containing locally applied options as well as options from a number of other contexts.</li> <li>'Facilitator', a Multi Objective Decision Support System (MODSS) software to support the single steps of the evaluation and decision-making process.</li> </ul> <p>Target groups were the same as in the 1st workshop: local stakeholders (land users, representatives of local authorities, local NGOs) and external stakeholders (researchers, development professionals, NGOs, GOs).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>As a result of the workshop, the following measures were selected for testing in field experiments.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Measures</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Type</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Land use</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #c3d2df;" valign="top">Drip irrigation</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #c3d2df;" valign="top">structural, management</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #c3d2df;" valign="top">cropland</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <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 general results and conclusions from other study sites<br data-mce-bogus="1" /></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=23&amp;Itemid=179&amp;lang=en"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/cover-18.jpg.jpg" /></a></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;" valign="bottom"> <p><strong><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" height="16" width="16" /></strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_docman&amp;task=doc_download&amp;gid=124&amp;Itemid=189&amp;lang=en"><strong>WP3.3 Stakeholder Workshop 2 Novy (report)</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=23&amp;Itemid=179&amp;lang=en"><strong>»</strong><strong><strong>Selecting strategies: Stakeholder Workshop 2 methodology and summary results from all study sites</strong></strong></a><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=23&amp;Itemid=179&amp;lang=en"><strong></strong></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Results and conclusions from Stakeholder Workshop 2 "Selection and decision on technologies/approaches to be implemented", held in Marks District, Saratov Oblast, Russia, 8-9 August 2008.</p> <p><em>Authors: Anatoly ZEILIGUER, Vyacheslav SEMENOV, Olga ERMOLAEVA.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The workshop methodology was designed and coordinated through <strong>Research Theme 3: Potential prevention &amp; mitigation strategies</strong> and consisted of three main elements:</p> <ul> <li>A participatory approach to guide and lead the workshop participants through a process of multi-criteria evaluation of different options which finally results in decision-making on strategies to be field-tested.</li> <li>The WOCAT database containing locally applied options as well as options from a number of other contexts.</li> <li>'Facilitator', a Multi Objective Decision Support System (MODSS) software to support the single steps of the evaluation and decision-making process.</li> </ul> <p>Target groups were the same as in the 1st workshop: local stakeholders (land users, representatives of local authorities, local NGOs) and external stakeholders (researchers, development professionals, NGOs, GOs).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>As a result of the workshop, the following measures were selected for testing in field experiments.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 595px;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Measures</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Type</strong></td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #c3d2df;" valign="top"><strong>Land use</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #c3d2df;" valign="top">Drip irrigation</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #c3d2df;" valign="top">structural, management</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #c3d2df;" valign="top">cropland</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <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 general results and conclusions from other study sites<br data-mce-bogus="1" /></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=23&amp;Itemid=179&amp;lang=en"><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/thumb/cover-18.jpg.jpg" /></a></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;" valign="bottom"> <p><strong><img src="http://www.desire-his.eu/images/stories/rsgallery/original/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" height="16" width="16" /></strong><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_docman&amp;task=doc_download&amp;gid=124&amp;Itemid=189&amp;lang=en"><strong>WP3.3 Stakeholder Workshop 2 Novy (report)</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=23&amp;Itemid=179&amp;lang=en"><strong>»</strong><strong><strong>Selecting strategies: Stakeholder Workshop 2 methodology and summary results from all study sites</strong></strong></a><a href="http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=23&amp;Itemid=179&amp;lang=en"><strong></strong></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p>