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Desert ecology, floral survival, and camel grazing – Impacts and the future hopes

6 Comments / Desert and Desertification, Desert exploration, Desert Flora / By Dr Raziq Kakar

Zygophylum is engineered with specialized qualitative traits, making it the most reseleient flora in the derest. At the moment, I have lost some pictures, camel eating Zygophyllum but I’m quite optimistic that soon, I shall be able to share with you. Please consider my suggestion, planting native plants like Leptadenia, Haloxllon, Zygophyllum, and other shrubs and trees in your lawns so that your kids are enriched with the knowledge of native flora and fauna as the native plants act as a wildlife sanctuary. The local people in Arabia and Persia have been using this plant for various purposes, ranging from medication (human and animals) to disinfecting/cleaning clothes and other stuff, and insect repletion to rodents control.

Is Converting Desert into Cropland a Wise Decision?

14 Comments / Adaptation, Desert and Desertification, Desert Floral Diversity / By Dr Raziq Kakar

My take on this issue is not for criticism but for the development of understanding about the deserts and starting a debate to have the technical opinion on this important topic.

Author riding a Bactrian camel in Gobi Mongolia

Why Bactrian Camel has two Humps and Arabian has one?

Leave a Comment / Adaptation, Camelus Bactrianu (Bactrian camel), Climate change, Desert and Desertification / By Dr Raziq Kakar

The Hump is actually a gift of nature to the camels to adapt and survive in the hardiest and challenging ecosystems. The humps provide energy and water when there is no vegetation for food. As the Bactrian camels live in the ecosystem which has prolonged dry and prolonged cold weathers, they need double treasure of fats to cope such challenging weathers.

The Floral Diversity of the Desert

4 Comments / Adaptation, Desert and Desertification, Desert Explorer, mother earth, Treeography, Uncategorized / By Dr Raziq Kakar

Deserts are the rich lands on the earth treasured with the well-adapted unique floral and faunal diversity.

Desert Provides Comfort and Habitat to Many Beautiful Flora and Fauna

1 Comment / Adaptation, Climate change, Desert and Desertification, Desert Explorer, Ethnobotany, Ethnoecology, Ice cream species of plants for camels, mother earth, Uncategorized / By Dr Raziq Kakar

Desert is not a hell of sand but a beautiful paradise for a wide and diverse floral and faunal biodiversity. Here, I share some pictures of the desert. I took these pictures in the different time period during my desert exploration walk. You can see different views of the desert in the pictures in the …

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