International Workshop on Sustainable Management of Marginal Drylands

166 Pages·2006·4.26 MB·English

(SUMAMAD)
Proceedings: Fourth Project Workshop Islamabad Pakistan 27-31 January 2006
(SUMAMAD)
Proceedings: Fourth Project Workshop Islamabad Pakistan 27-31
January 2006

The SUMAMAD Project is funded by Flemish Government Belgium
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The Workshop was Organized by:

With support from:

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SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF
MARGINAL DRYLANDS (SUMAMAD)

Proceedings of the Fourth Project Workshop
Islamabad Pakistan
27-31 January 2006

United Nations Educational, Scientific and
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Proceedings of the Fourth Project Workshop
Islamabad, Pakistan
27-31 January 2006

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Participants of 4 SUMAMAD Workshop, 27-31 January 2006, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Contents

Part I: Opening Session 1
Speaking Note – Fourth International SUMAMAD Workshop, 3
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Islamabad, Pakistan, by Dr. Rudy Herman, Flemish Government,
Belgium

Welcome Address by Dr. Muhammad Akram Kahlown, Chairman 6
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Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), Islamabad

Opening Address by Dr. Thomas Schaaf, UNESCO, Division of 8
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Ecological and Earth Sciences, Man and the Biosphere (MAB)
Programme, Paris, France

Opening Address by Dr. Zafar Adeel, Associate Director, UNU-INWEH, 10
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Canada

Inaugural of the Workshop by Ch. Nouraiz Shakoor Khan, Federal 12
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Minister for Science and Technology, Pakistan

Part II: Presentation of SUMAMAD: Objectives and Outcomes 13
1 Assessment of Sites in Marginal Drylands: An Overview of Existing and 15
Emerging Frameworks
Dr. Zafar Adeel, Associate Director, UNU-INWEH (Canada)

2 Indigenous, Adaptive and Innovative Dryland Management Approches 23
The UNU-UNESCO-ICARDA Joint Projet on the Sustainable
Management of Marginal Drylands (SUMAMAD) 2005
Caroline King, UNU-INWEH (Canada)

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Part III: Presentation of Dryland Research Projects 39

3 RAINBOW - A Software Package for Hydrometeorological Frequency 41
Analysis and Testing the Homogeneity of Historical Data Sets
Dirk Raes, Patrick Willems and Félix Gbaguidi (Belgium)

4 Water and Development Information for Arid Lands - A Global 57
Network (G-WADI) and Its Links to the SUMAMAD Project
Abdin Salih, UNESCO Cluster Office, Tehran (Iran)

Part IV: Presentation of project Sites 61

5 The Role of Soil Seed Banks in Naturally Restoring Degraded Sandland 63
Gaoming Jiang, Meizhen Liu, Shunli Yu, Yonggeng Li, Li Gang (China)

6 Participatory Design and Implementation of Solar Powered 81
Desalination Systems to Provide Drinking Water to Bedouin Families in
the Marginal Drylands of Omayed Biosphere Reserve, Egypt
Boshra Salem, and Andreas Schneider (Egypt)
7 The SUMAMAD Activities in the Undulating Area SW of the Gareh 97
Bygone Plain: A Progress Report
Sayyed Ahang Kowsar (Iran)

8 Saline Fish Farming: An Alternative Livelihood for the People of 109
Dryland Lal Suhanra Bio-Sphere Reserve, Pakistan
Muhammad Akram Kahlown, Muhammad Akram and Zamir Ahmed
Soomro (Pakistan)

9 Sustainable Management of Marginal Drylands – the Khanasser Valley 121
Integrated Research Site in Syria
Richard J. Thomas, A. Bruggeman, H. EL Dessougi, E. Luijendijk, F.
Turkelboom (ICARDA),

10 Bio-environment and Socio-economic Management and Income 135
Generation in the Tunisian Project Site
Mohamed Ouessar, Mongi Sghaier, Houcine Taamallah, Azaiez Ouled
Belgacem, Houcine Khatteli (Tunisia)

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Part V: Workshop Report 145

Introduction 147
Opening Session 149
Overview Presentations 149
Review of SUMAMAD Activities in 2005 152
Future Activities of the SUMAMAD 2006 155
Discussion of the Field Visit 158
List of Participants 161

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