Sustainable use of soil resources in dry and cold mountain of Balochistan [Pakistan]
1995
Rehman, S. (Soil Conservation Directorate, Mastung (Pakistan))
The arid mountains suffer severe rainfall erosion due to reduced vegetative cover. It is estimated that 40% of dry mountainous areas are exposed to erosion and production potential continues to deteriorate. Wind erosion can be serious in temperate semi-arid Central Brahui Mountains and North Eastern Upland constituting Sulaiman Ranges. The problem of dry and cold mountains are multifarious. The scarcity of information, lack of technology, increasing population pressure and agro-pastoral land use with frequent trans-human are major constraints to sustainable production. The declining ground water level, limited job opportunities, unplanned land use and old agricultural practices are major constraint to the development of the local people. Due to diverse problems in dry highland, it is hard to design widely adoptable solution for entire area. Developing arid lands in inaccessible poor communities is very complex and difficult. It require imagination and social cohesion more than money. The action that can be promoted for restoration of damaged land are highly varied. In general, they start with the conservation of top soil by means of sowing stabilizing plants, herbaceous plants and bushes.
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