The extensive grazing of sheep,goats and camel occurs in the southern Jebel al Akhdar rangelands of northeast Libya.Climate is Mediterranean,characterised by winter precipitation between October and April.Annual average rainfall declines rapidly from 250 mm in the northern uplands to less than 30 mm in the south.Vegetation is zoned dwarf shrub steppe. Perennial shrubs include Artemisia herba-alba,Haloxylon scoparium,Anabasis urticulata,Suaeda pruinosa,S.vera and Salsola tetrandra.Inappropriate and unsustainable historical and contemporary land use practices have resulted in widespread severely degraded soil and vegetation.The study objective is to quantify range condition improvement in areas protected from grazing.
عادل محمود عبدالقادر محمود | Adel M. A. Mahmoud | 5137