Sustainable Land Management in Greater Central Asia

Part 1 1. Central Asia sens lat.: An Overview 2. Central Asia from Pre-Soviet Times to the Mid Part of the Twenty-first Century 3. Land Degradation in Central Asia: Extent and Severity and Mitigation Efforts 4. Central Asia as a New Frontier in the Twenty-first Century: Problems, Opportunities and Prospects Part 2 5. Sustainability in the Context of Central Asia: What do we Want to Sustain? 6 Land Use Practices as a Barrier to Sustainable Land Management 7. Sustainable Land Management in Central Asia in a Zero Net Gain Context 8. Water: A Cross Cutting Issue that Affects Sustainable Land Management throughout Central Asia 9. People and Place: Key Factors in Success of Measures to Prevent Land Degradation Part 3 10. Mongolia: Country Profile 11. Western China: Xinjiang and Tibet: Case Study on Successful Strategies 12. Kazakhstan: Country Profile 13. Kyrgyzstan: Country Profile 13. Tajikistan: Country Profile 14. Uzbekistan: Country Profile 15. Turkmenistan: Case Study Part 4 16. Sustainable Land Management in Central Asia: A Response to the Zero Net Land Degradation Initiative 17. A Vision for the Future of the Region and how this Vision is Likely to be Shaped through the Current and Future Transport and Energy Projects 18. The New Silk Economic Road: Agenda, Strategy and Geopolitics 19. Unifying Perspectives: Land, Water, People and Development in Central Asia