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8.2
Financial Allocation
Most of the financial resources come from the Government, and the policies and
mechanism to combat desertification, was approved by the five-year development
plan (1996-2000), regarding to:
(a)
Water resources
•
To continue evaluation and exploration programs of water resources and to
compute the wells as well as developing plans and investing the detected
aquifer.
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To continue the policies of boosting the underground reserves by building
recharge dams and water installations while giving priority to areas of water
lack.
•
Supporting the efforts exerted to control overgrazing in the Jabal area of
Dhofar Governorate to benefit from the vegetation cover in recharging the
underground reserves to support the water position at Salalah Plain.
•
Taking fast actions towards the use of brackish water in the desert areas for
agriculture purposes.
•
Expanding monitoring programs of ground water quality and taking the
proper legislative and implementing measures to minimize ground water
pollution.
(b)
Desert combating projects approved by the fourth and fifth five
-
year
plans are
:
•
Limiting and controlling grazing in Dhofar.
•
Programs of developing and improving forests in the Sultanate.
•
Management of Range-lands in Dhofar.
•
Integrated agricultural development at al-Najd.
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Maintenance of Aflaj in Muscat.
•
Developing modern irrigation systems in Dhofar.
•
Digging wells at al-Jabal and al-Najd.
•
Developing a
monitoring system
of
ground water
at
Al-Batinah
and
Dhahirah Region.
•
Estimating saline water resources at al-Batinah, and Dhahirah Region.
•
Developing a ground water monitoring system for Sharqiyah Region.
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Estimating saline ground water at Sharqiyah Region.
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Developing a monitoring system of saline water intrusion at Sharqiyah.
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Controlling wells leakage at al-Najd area, Dhofar Governorate.
•
Estimating water resources in Dhofar Governorate.
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Maintenance of monitoring system in Dhofar Governorate.
•
Establishing a recharge dams at Rustaq, Barka and Khaboura.
The sixth five-year plan (2001-2005), continued the same policy of com-
bating desertification through the investment in agriculture, water resources and
environment.
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