DDD Conference

Restoration and Rehabilitation of Desert Ecosystems - Session 1

Convener: Oded Berger-Tal, BIDR

Deserts ecosystems contain some of the most unique biomes and species on Earth, making their conservation a high priority. However, decades of treating deserts as “non-important” wastelands have led to many large-scale human disturbances in desert environments. These include open mining, oil and toxic waste pollution, failed agricultural attempts, off-road vehicle use, and grazing by non-native herbivores. Depending on their type and severity, these disturbances can reduce the abundance of native species, alter soil properties, diminish ecosystem services for humans, and create hazards to humans such as blowing dust from eroded soils
The extreme environmental conditions that characterize deserts’ environments pose unique challenges to the restoration and rehabilitation of desert ecosystems. In this double session we will present and discuss the challenges, successes and failures of restoration projects in desert environments from two complementary perspectives: projects concentrating on restoring and rehabilitating desert species (session 1), and projects concentrating at restoring and rehabilitating desert biomes (session 2).

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    Restoration and Rehabilitation of Desert Ecosystems - Session 1

    1. Dr. Katherine Moseby

    Restoring Australian Deserts through Mammal Translocations

    University of New South Wales, Australia

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    Restoration and Rehabilitation of Desert Ecosystems - Session 1

    2. Dr. Yves Hingrat

    Restoration of Declining Species in Arid Lands: Learnings from the North African Houbara Bustard Translocation Program in Morocco

    Reneco International Wildlife Consultants, LLC, United Arab Emirates

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    Restoration and Rehabilitation of Desert Ecosystems - Session 1

    3. Dr. Tal Polak

    Life is Hard: Rekindling the Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) Reintroductions in Israel

    Israeli Nature and Park Authority, Israel

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    Restoration and Rehabilitation of Desert Ecosystems - Session 1

    4. Dr. Shirli Bar-David

    The Reintroduction of the Asiatic Wild Ass in the Negev Desert: Forty Years Later

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

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