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Regional Initiative for Dryland Management in Tunisia
Pages 132-137

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... Menzel El Habib is the only project in the south undertaken since 1997 to control natural resources degradation and lands the pilot effort in Gabes governorate in south east Tunisia. This area covers approximately 120.000 ha forest of desertified plateau and coastal plain.
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From page 133...
... • Rangeland development and livestock protection • Soil and water conservation • Improvement of rural population sources of revenues and combating rural exodus. Main Accomplishments: • Seed collection and inventory of indigenous and exotic adapted species in the region.
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From page 134...
... • To identify economic crop varieties that present the optimum mix of income and public safety. • To study public acceptance attitudes of wastewater and biosolids reuse for agricultural purposes in arid areas of Tunisia.
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From page 135...
... TUNISIAN ACTION PLAN (JULY 2003-JUNE 2005) Component I: Principal objective work is the Watershed management Initiative site for phase II Menzel Habib, located in the Gabes Governorate of southeast Tunisia, was selected as a site where a holistic and integrated approach could be implemented through pilot projects.
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From page 136...
... • To study socioeconomic impacts of the reuse.
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