As dune stabilization continues management interventions will be required to sustain or re-establish open sand and the species that rely on these habitats.
As well as the squirrels, the plan includes the long-term management of dune habitats and species, and the changing shoreline under climate change scenarios.
Proposals have been made for attention of the Nile Basin Initiative and the GEF with particular focus on land conservation, sand dune stabilization and watershed management in the Nile Basin.
FAO has also been providing technical assistance in the implementation of specific control measures to stabilize sand dunes and improve agrosilvipastoral management.
Two UK case studies of golf course type were used, a Links course (coastal, medium intensity management, within coastal dune grasses) and a Parkland course (inland, high intensity management, within woodland).
The most important programmes in relation to combating drought and desertification were placed on activities related to land and water management and sand dune stabilization, integrated management of rangelands and other natural resources, and management of wood resources and reforestation.
Land and water management and sand dune stabilization comprise a whole range of projects, notably: integrating watershed management, rehabilitation of degraded land, soil conservation, agro-ecological studies, and natural resource assessment.
The management of coastal dunes needs to take into account their processes of natural evolution.
It is further discussed how these factors may control dispersal and establishment of the species, and how the results can be used for improved management of coastal dunes.
Such landscape analysis could be useful to develop, management strategies for coastal dune areas.
