Environmental and Land-Use Changes as a Consequence of Land Reform in the Urej River Catchment (Western Tajikistan)

IF 3.6 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Resources Pub Date : 2024-04-19 DOI:10.3390/resources13040059

O. Rahmonov, Bartłomiej Szypuła, M. Sobala, Zebiniso B. Islamova

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Mountain societies are strongly linked to natural resources and their rational management. The growing population has led to the management of mountain areas according to emerging human needs. The study was conducted in the Urej River catchment (The Fann Mountains, Tajikistan). This paper aims to present changes in land use in 1988–2023 resulting from environmental conditions and land reform. Pasturelands predominate in the study area (93.8%), while built-up with kitchen garden and irrigated areas cover 1.8% and 4.0% of the area, respectively. Kitchen gardens and irrigated areas provide food for the residents. Significant land-use changes were observed along the Uroz River, where the irrigation system was developed in areas that have not yet been used for plant cultivation. This is typical of many areas in Tajikistan, where it is impossible to obtain crops without irrigation due to climatic conditions. Until 1988, the study area was not as intensively cultivated as it is today. Under the ongoing lease system based on the Dehkan Farm Act, grazing land is still owned by the state, but inhabitants have access to it. The leased land does little to improve the economic situation of households but contributes to preventing ecosystem degradation on the slopes caused by humans.

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乌雷吉河流域（塔吉克斯坦西部）土地改革带来的环境和土地利用变化

山区社会与自然资源及其合理管理密切相关。人口的不断增长促使人们根据新出现的人类需求对山区进行管理。这项研究是在乌雷吉河流域（塔吉克斯坦范恩山脉）进行的。本文旨在介绍 1988-2023 年间因环境条件和土地改革而导致的土地利用变化。研究地区以牧场为主（占 93.8%），而带菜园的建筑区和灌溉区分别占 1.8% 和 4.0%。菜园和灌溉区为居民提供食物。乌罗兹河沿岸的土地使用发生了重大变化，在尚未用于种植植物的地区开发了灌溉系统。这是塔吉克斯坦许多地区的典型情况，由于气候条件的原因，在这些地区没有灌溉就无法种植作物。直到 1988 年，研究地区的种植密度还不如今天。根据以《德赫坎农场法》为基础的现行租赁制度，牧场仍归国家所有，但居民可以使用。租赁土地对改善家庭经济状况作用不大，但有助于防止人类造成的山坡生态系统退化。

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Resources Environmental Science-Nature and Landscape Conservation

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7.20

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11 weeks

期刊介绍： Resources (ISSN 2079-9276) is an international, scholarly open access journal on the topic of natural resources. It publishes reviews, regular research papers, communications and short notes, and there is no restriction on the length of the papers. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical research in as much detail as possible. Full experimental and methodical details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. There are, in addition, unique features of this journal: manuscripts regarding research proposals and research ideas will be particularly welcomed, electronic files or software regarding the full details of the calculation and experimental procedure, if unable to be published in a normal way, can be deposited as supplementary material. Subject Areas: natural resources, water resources, mineral resources, energy resources, land resources, plant and animal resources, genetic resources, ecology resources, resource management and policy, resources conservation and recycling.