Poor Legislation Is a Major Cause of Environment Degradation and Desertification in Iraq | ||
| Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 23, Issue 8, December 2012, Pages 35-44 | ||
| Author | ||
| Hassony J . Abdulla | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Terrestrial and aquatic biomes desertification have been recognized in different areas in Iraq by number of indicators such as removal plant cover , dominance of undesirable plants species, overgrazing , destroy the date palms ,soil salinization , water and wind erosion, pollution, sand-dune formation and sand movement, a dust storm, marshes drying and war residues contamination. Visible evidences(Photographs ) have been collected from deferent areas to show the desertification status. Number of criteria have been suggested by the author to use for estimating the degree of land and water desertification on the basis of plant cover or phytoplankton, erosion , salinization or waterlogging , pollution and legislation . | ||
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