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Use of Climate-Resilient Plants in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands

• Establishing structures to prevent soil and soil moisture loss for soil
conservation and underground water storage, using surrounding
materials or artificial materials (Figure 18).

Figure 18: 2020: Karaman, Ayrancı model pasture area with soil erosion control and
structures for soil moisture retention (From the writer’s own archive, 2020).
• Preferring coated saplings instead of bare-root saplings.
• Ensuring the inoculation of mycorrhizae on the root sections of coated
saplings.
• Prioritizing herbaceous and shrub species with deep root systems
that will improve soil quality and create a microclimate as pioneer
plants, followed by the introduction of certain tree species to form a
composition instead of planting a single species.
• Carrying out maintenance activities (weed removal, breaking the soil
layer around the base of the sapling, shallow tillage) for 4-5 years.
• Preferring species among those successful in local plant adaptation
studies, from which a sufficient supply of seeds and saplings can be more
easily obtained. Within available means, emphasis should be placed on
establishing seedling production areas where the stock of these species
can be secured, ensuring the supply of saplings over the years (Figure 19).

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