Divergence in responses of juniper tree rings to climate conditions along a high-mountain transect in the semi-arid Fann Mountains, Pamir-Alay, western Tajikistan

Opała‐Owczarek, Magdalena; Owczarek, Piotr; Rahmonov, Oimahmad; Małarzewski, Łukasz; Chen, Feng; Niedźwiedź, Tadeusz

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110280

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“…In the Urej River Valley, like in most of Tajikistan, the human impact on the functioning of mountain ecosystems has not been assessed yet [28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. There were only some studies on the vegetation and land use in this area against the background of the whole Zeravshan Mountains.…”

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Environmental and Land-Use Changes as a Consequence of Land Reform in the Urej River Catchment (Western Tajikistan)

Rahmonov,

Szypuła,

Sobala

et al. 2024

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Mountain societies are strongly linked to natural resources and their rational management. The growing population has led to the management of mountain areas according to emerging human needs. The study was conducted in the Urej River catchment (The Fann Mountains, Tajikistan). This paper aims to present changes in land use in 1988–2023 resulting from environmental conditions and land reform. Pasturelands predominate in the study area (93.8%), while built-up with kitchen garden and irrigated areas cover 1.8% and 4.0% of the area, respectively. Kitchen gardens and irrigated areas provide food for the residents. Significant land-use changes were observed along the Uroz River, where the irrigation system was developed in areas that have not yet been used for plant cultivation. This is typical of many areas in Tajikistan, where it is impossible to obtain crops without irrigation due to climatic conditions. Until 1988, the study area was not as intensively cultivated as it is today. Under the ongoing lease system based on the Dehkan Farm Act, grazing land is still owned by the state, but inhabitants have access to it. The leased land does little to improve the economic situation of households but contributes to preventing ecosystem degradation on the slopes caused by humans.

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