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I strongly beleive in the desert's ecotheraphy. If you have burden of work and challenges in the life then please straightly go to the desert and talk to the creatures over there. See and observe how the deseart living organisms survive and how they face the challenges of life with patience. I'm sure that we can better learn from the nature. Understanding the philosopy of calmness will give you a great health and satisfaction.
I love desert and serve the desert. I clean the desert. I explore the desert. I know the beauty and treasures of the desert. I clean the desert once in a week and spend some hours with the nature in the desert.
Last week my post was about the desert Antarctica. This week I am following with the deserts of Asia. Posts about all of the world’s deserts will follow in the next few weeks. For thousands of years, deserts had power over our imagination as a vast and barren terrain, leading into the unknown and unseen […]The…
Continue reading ➞ The Wildlife of The World’s Deserts – Part 1 – Asia — naturetails
Desierto de Tabernas The closest Europe has to a true desert is located in south-east Spain, some 20 kilometres north of the city of Almeria. It is a shallow depression between the Sierra de Los Filabres to the north and the Sierra Alhamilla to the south. This was the area’s fossilised coral reefs that during […]The…
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.
The land cover with the sands is sandy, commonly known as desert. But all the sandy soil are not deserted soil. To me, deserted mean the land abused by the factory farming or monocultural farming, full of the residues of the pesticides, weedicides and chemicals. The monoculture farming is hazardous to the flora and fauna…
Deserts are the rich lands on the earth treasured with the well-adapted unique floral and faunal diversity. The strongest, resilient, and very beautiful Ghaf (Prosopis) tree deep in the desert. See how strong she stands and faces the desert storms. https://youtu.be/pMK5UZ0qA4Y https://youtu.be/o6sY1HpRfXE See the strength of the Ghaf tree, the national tree of the United…
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…
Continue reading ➞ Desert Provides Comfort and Habitat to Many Beautiful Flora and Fauna
Acacia tortilis tree is an incredible desert creature. It survives in harsh and hostile ecosystems and resist the normal weathering conditions but evolves its resistance to the changing climates. The Ice Cream Species of Plants for the Camel and Goat. Part 1 I always tried to learn the lessons of strength, patience, and resilience of…
Continue reading ➞ A Symbol of Resilience and Patience~The Acacia Tree of the Arabian Desert
Thank God, my dream came true as; specially engineered camel DNA (revealed in a recent study) makes this unique animal a solution to climate change and other challenges. The study ( the author was part of it) published in PNAS with full access here. a day before. The authors have ensured that the remarkable story over its…
Camel is integral part of the deserted ecosystems and blessed with special traits/characteristics which give strange potential to this unique animal. In Quran camel is called as strange animal. Here are some strange potential of camels in the ensuing lines. Protected from Sand The wide, flat, sponge like cushioned and hoof-less feet can walk across…
Continue reading ➞ Strange Animal with Special Traits ~ My Camel
The old world camels (Dromedary and Bactrian) are well adapted to the harsh (both cold extreme and hot extreme) and hostile (deserts with scarce water and feed availability) ecosystems of the northern hemisphere of the globe. The centuries-long evolution and adaptation (selection for traits of choice by pastoralists) process made it unique and highly resilient…
Continue reading ➞ Dairy Camel ~ Transforming from Desert Ecosystem to Modern Farming
Kharani camel Kharani camel is found in the desert ecosystem of the Chaghai Kharan desert ecological zone. Kharani camel is one of the important camel breed, well adapted to desert ecosystem and play a pivotal role in the socio-economic and socio-cultural life of the pastoral people of that region. The breed has very deep roots…
Continue reading ➞ Kharani Camel Breed of Chaghai-Kharan Desert
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