Sustainable resource management in dry land Arabia

摘要

The Arabian Peninsula is classified as one of the most hyper arid regions in the world.The peninsula has huge land area,surrounded by salty water.It faces serious issues of limited fertile land and water scarcity.Although rich in oil and gas resources,the region's water and food resources are insecure; the region imports over 70％of its food requirement.The sustainable resource management is widely used in rural development globally,but has been under-used in dryland regions.It is a framework of thinking and short listing factors that impact various stakeholders and natural resource condition.Currently,there is a low level of public awareness about the challenges that are faced by the region to achieve sustainable resource management.There has been,however,some political and social attention given to sustainable resource management championed by the Global Dry Land Alliance(GDLA).The region's resource constraints should be addressed and community-based natural management should be the basis of any human-nature nexus evaluation.Collective approach is needed to achieve sustainable results.This paper aims to contribute to improved understanding of the dynamics of regional socio-ecological systems.