#HumanActivities exert a more significant influence on soil multifunctionality (SMF) than #ClimateChange in China’s #Drylands, and well-planned ecological restoration was likely to sustain and enhance SMF over time, particularly in hyper-arid areas.

#GrainForGreen | #Fencing | #EcologicalEngineering | #SoilFunctions

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf165

The ultimate neoliberal “dreamworld” – on desert sand without water
Expat influencers sold Dubai to the world and were paid to look the other way. Now the dream is crumbling

* "The Dubai project requires demanding visitors and expats to not think too much about the suffering or question what goes on beyond the city’s borders. And how that city came to be built in the first place."

"The whole social contract of Dubai involves a wilful blindness to the proximity of suffering and violence. After all, Gaza is geographically close." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/31/dubai-influencers-expats-denial-middle-east-crisis

* Living Well at Others' Expense: The Hidden Costs of Western Prosperity, Stephan Lessenich, 2019, Polity Press >>
https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=living-well-at-others-expense-the-hidden-costs-of-western-prosperity--9781509525621

#WesternProsperity #GlobalInequality #wealth #inequality #externalisation #mobility #Dubai #drylands #settlersociety #WilfulBlindness #CrumblingDreams #FossilFuels #oil #water #war #WarZone #ClimateCrisis

【🎉Latest accepted article】
#Drought-induced reductions in #PlantResidueDecomposition across organs consistently differ between two tree species (gymnosperm and angiosperm) in #Drylands

#DrylandEcosystems | #MoistureAvailability | #TreeSpeciesTraits

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag019

While Arne Victor Garvi's work originally focused on species from all dry regions of the world, the conclusion eventually came that exotic species, whilst degrading the ecosystems, are not any better adapted to the Saharo-Sahelian climate than indigenous ones. He therefore switched to working exclusively with native plants.

#native #indigenous #exoticspecies #sahara #sahel #nativeplants #drylands #ecosystem

Arne Victor Garvi was a visionary and an innovator with a large number of ideas and projects. He was very busy with was his research in the direct seeding method for propagating plants. In dry environments, the nursery plants used to regreen areas had a very low survival rate due to limited root development. So Arne Victor pioneered his own methodology, by doing research on germination, collecting seeds and teaching people good sowing methods.

#directseeding #drylands #regreening

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Soil multifunctionality in the face of #ClimateChange and human impact in China’s #Drylands

#HumanActivities | #GrainForGreen | #Fencing | #EcologicalEngineering

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf165

Drylands (Biomes 🌍)

Drylands are defined by a scarcity of water. Drylands are zones where precipitation is balanced by evaporation from surfaces and by transpiration by plants. The United Nations Environment Program defines drylands as tropical and temperate areas with an aridity index of less than 0.65. Drylands can be classified into four sub-types: Dry sub-humid lands Semi-arid lands Arid lands Hyper-arid lands Some authorities re...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drylands

#Drylands #Biomes