ABSTRACT
The Greater Central Asia’s (GCA) rangelands are extensive and, in common with semi-arid and arid regions, their utilization is strongly dependent on the primary production and soils from natural ecosystems. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 reported that desertification and land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas were resulting from various factors, including climatic variation and human activities. The impact of environmental drivers such as precipitation can be used to explain the spatio-temporal variability of vegetation phenology in this selected area. The GCA countries are at different stages of economic development and technological advancement, and possess varying levels and types of technical expertise, experience and human capital. Although the extent of global change impacts on natural and human systems depends largely on adaptation capacities, every societal approach to adaptation is mitigating or focused on sustainability.
