Comparison, analysis and ranking adaptation indices affecting drought in the rangeland ecosystem of the Malard County
Subject Areas : rangland
Keywords: drought, Malard, Adaption, rangeland co-management, rangeland beneficiaries,
Abstract :
Rangelands are one of the important resources for present and future generations, which plays a very important role in ecological balance, income and rural development. Nowadays, due to various reasons, the rate of destruction and utilization of rangelands is much greater than the process of its renewal and rehabilitation, and this phenomenon has destroyed a wide range of soil and vegetation cover of rangelands. Natural resource co-management projects increase social and financial capital and improve rangeland beneficieries adaptive capacity faced with environmental crises. Present study seeks to compare and investigate socio-economic indicators of water and soil conservation operations in Malard district. In this study, adaptive capacity indicators of two traditional boundaries covered by the project of co-management of natural resources and two out of this area were compared based on statistical tests and adpative capacity questionnaire. One-sample t-test results for comparing adaptive capacity indicators in two traditional boundaries showed that out of five components (financial resources; information; skills and management; infrastructures, instittions, and networks; and equality of rights), except the component of equal rights, others showed significant difference inside and outside the project area. It was found that this indicator was higher in traditional boundaries covered by project. Within those traditional boundaries located within the project area, the financial component was more effective in increasing the adaptive capacity and within those traditional boundaries located out of the project area; infrastructure was more effective in enhancing adaptive capacity.
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