CLIMATE CHANGE AND TERRESTRIAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION
Biophysical Environment 1 1 Principal biomes of Central Asia 3 2 Forests in Central Asia: Current status and constraints 25 3 C3/C4 plants in the vegetation of Central Asia, geographical distribution and environmental adaptation in relation to climate 33 Water Resources of Central Asia 65 4 Water resources of the Central Asia under conditions of climate change 67 5 Climate change and water resource alteration in Central Asia: The case of Uzbekistan 75 6 Problems and management of the efficient use of soil-water resources in Central Asia with specific reference to Uzbekistan 83 7 Underground and surface water resources of Central Asia, and impact of irrigation on their balance and quality 97 Agricultural and Soil and Enviromental Degradation 107 8 Addressing the challenges for sustainable agriculture in Central Asia 109 9 Soil and environmental degradation in Central Asia 127 10 Land degradation by agricultural activities in Central Asia 137 11 Salinity effects on irrigated soil chemical and biological properties in the Aral Sea basin of Uzbekistan 147 Soil Management and Carbon Dynamics 163 12 Central Asia: Ecosystems and carbon sequestration challenges 165 13 Dynamics of soil carbon and recommendations on effective sequestration of carbon in the steppe zone of Kazakhstan 177 14 Carbon dynamics in Saskatchewan soils: Implications for the global carbon cycle 189 15 Conservation agriculture: Environmental benefits of reduced tillage and soil carbon management in water-limited areas of Central Asia 199 16 Conservation agriculture for irrigated agriculture in Asia 211 17 Syria’s long-term rotation and tillage trials: Potential relevance to carbon sequestration in Central Asia 223 18 Potential for carbon sequestration in the soils of Afghanistan and Pakistan 235 19 Improvement of soil physical and chemical conditions to promote sustainable crop production in agricultural areas of Kazakhstan 251 20 Technological options to enhance humus content and conserve water in soils of the Zarafshan valley, Uzbekistan 257 21 Eliminating summer fallow on black soils of Northern Kazakhstan 267 22 Dynamics of water and soil organic matter under grain farming in Northern Kazakhstan – Toward sustainable land use both from the agronomic and environmental viewpoints 279 23 Conservation agriculture in the steppes of Northern Kazakhstan: The potential for adoption and carbon sequestration 333 24 Cover crops impacts on irrigated soil quality and potato production in Uzbekistan 349 Forest Management and Carbon Dynamics 361 25 Forest carbon sequestration and storage of the Kargasoksy Leshoz of the Tomsk Oblast, Russia – Current status and the investment potential 363 26 Soil and vegetation management strategies for improved carbon sequestration in Pamir mountain ecosystems 371 Economic Analysis 381 27 An economic comparison of conventional tillage and conservation tillage for spring wheat production in Northern Kazakhstan 383 Methodological and Technological Challenges 399 28 An assessment of the potential use of SRTM DEMs in terrain analysis for the efficient mapping of soils in the drylands region of Kazakhstan 401 29 Potential for soil carbon sequestration in Central Kazakhstan 413 30 Application of GIS technology for water quality control in the Zarafshan river basin 419 31 Remote sensing application for mapping terrestrial carbon sequestration in Kazakhstan 429 32 Possible changes in the carbon budget of arid and semi-arid Central Asia inferred from landuse/landcover analyses during 1981 to 2001 441 33 Western-Siberian peatlands: Indicators of climate change and their role in global carbon balance 453 Research and Development Priorities 473 34 Researchable priorities in terrestrial carbon sequestration in Central Asia 475