الضوابط البشرية للتصحر

الملخص EN

This study aims at identifying the most prominent man-made reasons for desertification and its environmental and economic impacts and emphasizing on time aspect of the problem in causing this phenomenon with regard to natural causes are of which is the ongoing population growth compared natural causes and miscues of natural resources in many forms like overgrazing, timber cutting and expansion of irrigated agriculture.

To achieve the goals of this study, I made use of literature related to desertification and of the research implemented in the field of environment resource, atrophy.

Part of this study was designed to certain geographical parts of Jordan –the Northern Badia of Jordan and the Jordan valley with the reasons for desertification there made clear like overgrazing and expansion of irrigated agriculture.

These reasons were made clear according to statistical tables and specialized maps .This research was supplemented with recommendations formed in accordance with others experience among which is the necessity for balance between man and environment by developing mind thinking and being aware of the relationship between man and the environment around , and employing protected farming , grazing and forestry , stop farming in marginal lands , the need for laws and restrictions on timber cutting , deforestation ,and employing water harvest programs and its role in vegetation some of which were implemented in Jordan.

This recommendation if implemented well will reduce the bad impacts of this phenomenon.