Indicators of Sustainable Development for Central Asia Countries

National reports, strategies and action plans

National Action Programme to Combat Desertification in Turkmenistan (1997)

Pressure

Deforestation, thousand ha/year

Use of agricultural pesticide, kg/ha

Use of fertilizers: organic, tn/ha

Use of fertilizers: mineral, tn/ha

State

Change of forest areas, thousand ha:

Area covered by forest

Woods planting

Sanitary deforestation

Restoration woods planting

Protective woods planting

Area of agricultural land, mln ha

Land use change, restructuring:

arable land ,%

hayfield,%

agricultural land,%

fallow land,%

Portion of irrigated arable land, thousand ha

Portion of irrigated lands to agricultural land area, %

Arable land per capita, ha/capita

Area affected by salinization, thousand ha

Area affected by water logging, thousand ha

Area affected by water logging, thousand ha

Land affected by soil erosion, thousand ha

Land affected by desertification, thousand ha

Portion of land area covered by forests/wetland to total area, %

Portion of agricultural land to total land area, %

Response

Protected forests area (from industrial products) as a percent of total forest area