Sentence examples for use of drylands from inspiring English sources

It is an economically efficient use of drylands in South Africa (DRC < 1).

Economically speaking, wildlife has a comparative advantage and is a good use of drylands in South Africa.

In this paper, for example, we use PAM to assess if wildlife is an optimal use of drylands, that is, does wildlife have a comparative advantage?

Transhumance livestock systems have been recognized as an efficient and adaptive use of dryland vegetation and water resources as explained by the mobility paradigm underpinning transhumance in West Africa (Moritz 2008; Ayantunde et al. 2014).

It is indeed possible that the more vertical topography of this area may have presented a challenge for creating the water management systems associated with rice paddy agriculture, thus prompting the use of dryland crops.

An optimised use of the dryland areas to conserve biodiversity as well as encourage continuation of pastoralism in Eastern Africa necessitates careful regional land use planning, taking into consideration trade-offs at the landscape scale.

In summary, well-managed extensive livestock production on communal land is one of the most appropriate uses of the drylands in Africa (Behnke et al. 1993; Scoones 1993; ILRI 2006; UNDP 2006; Neely et al. 2009), both from an ecological and an economic standpoint.

Physical and combinational (physical + physiological) dormancy are prevalent among seeds of many herbaceous perennials used in restoration of drylands throughout the western United States.

For example, concerning the role of humans and fire use in the formation, expansion and maintenance of drylands often ascribed to climate alone.

The indigenous knowledge of nomads may provide an effective option for veterinary care through proper validation, as also the negligible use of agro-chemicals, especially in drylands and hilly nomadic regions provides a favourable environment for organic livestock production.

Pastoralism and pastoral lifestyles are unique and tailored to inhabit and use the drylands as efficient as possible, through use of traditional knowledge system and cultures.