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to motivate big pastoral producers to shift to the al Najd and practice mixed
farming after demonstrating its success through a pilot project.
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To reintroduce the autumn rotation in the Jarbeen area at the foot of Dhofar
mountains and to persuade and motivate herdsmen to adapt to rotational
grazing to stimulate regrowth of valuable forage species.
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to link subsidies to herdsmen and farmers with their acceptance and imple-
mentation of the proposed reforms.
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to impose strict penalties on tree logging, and the introduction of import
subsides aimed at reducing the prices of building timber as a substitute.
(b) The Wahiba Sands and the South Western parts of Sharqiyah Region :
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to motivate farmers to grow shelter-belts for the halting of desert encroach-
ment.
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to rationalize urban planning.
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to start developing the newly discovered water sources in the area.
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to encourage mixed farming in order to minimize the impacts of over-
grazing.
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to introduce the system of pastoral rotational gazing.
(c) In Jabal Al - Akhdhar :
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to introduce watershed management measures.
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to prepare adequate land use plans before starting the implementation of the
proposed development plans for the area, and before the building of new
infrastructure, particularly roads.
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to conserve and protect the already scarce water resources; and;
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to introduce ecological farming especially shelter-belts and to improve on
contour farming practiced in the Jabal.
(d) In the Desert and Semi - Desert areas of the Central Plains :
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to study the dynamics of wind blown sands into the region;
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to utilize brackish water in growing economic trees and developing pastures
and to regard this as a long-term investment; and;
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to rationalize grazing and water resource distribution (Fig. 19.3 ).
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Conclusion
Oman has realized the importance of the conservation of the environment, the
Natural resources and their optimum utilization of the benefit of the present and
future generations in sustainable manner through the following:
Enacting environmental legislation.
Provision of the administrative and technical bodies to ensure enforcement of the
laws.
Train, develop and qualify the technical staff required to care with these aspects.
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