This remarkable object will incorporate areas reserved for recreation and agriculture as well as desert and wilderness conservation areas, but essentially it will be a web of interconnected cities throughout the world, all closely linked by rapid transport and electronic communication, and all contributing to a single functional unity.
As the biologist Christopher Norment writes, in his 2014 book, "Relicts of a Beautiful Sea: Survival, Extinction, and Conservation in a Desert World," the Southern Nevada Water Authority has proposed pumping groundwater that feeds into the Death Valley ecosystem.
The lack of water penetration in deep soil does not benefit soil water conservation, especially in desert regions with high evaporation.
Our results illustrate the need for conservation efforts in desert areas to take into account the unpredictable nature of precipitation, as some Dorcas gazelle populations may not be able to withstand long durations of drought.
The proliferation of woody plants in arid and high latitude deserts is essential for sustainable conservation and amelioration of environments.
With energy conservation that would make desert clusters of solar plants unnecessary, it says.
The museum engages in many research and conservation projects relating to desert ecology and particularly to the Sonoran Desert.
During the period of Uzziah's reign, the nation prospered, and desert areas were reclaimed by water conservation.
Further south, Jordan's national conservation agency runs a desert eco-lodge at Feynan, miles off the grid and lit only by candles.
Combined with his support of the McDowell Sonoran Land Trust and the Desert Foothills Land Trust, he placed a conservation easement on 80 acres of his undeveloped property to ensure its lasting protection.
In Mongolia the species is recognized as an umbrella species for Mongolia's desert ecosystems and is of high conservation interest, which resulted, among other things, in the creation of the 44,000 km Great Gobi A SPA in 1975.
