Using native plants as sustainable solution for controlling aeolian activities

Abstract

Abstract Kuwait is experimenting with the restoration of severely degraded terrestrial regions in its northern region, center for the development of wildlife habitats. The re-implantation and reproduction of native plants project, which will run from June 2003 to May 2019, is the main part of the restoration of the degraded zones. The most effective plants for reducing aeolian mobile sediments were highlighted, along with the most endangered plant species in the area, including Lycium shawii, Haloxylon salicornicum, Rhanterium epapposum, Panicum turgidum and, Calligonum polygonoides. The irrigation of these plants was kept up for around one to two years using brackish water from a productive well that produced 20 to 26 m3 per hour (TDS=4, 900 ml/l) and was hydrogen sulfide-free. Maximum mobile aeolian sediments were captured in Nitraria, Haloxylon, Tamarix, Lycium, Panicum, and Citrullus at 11.17, 6.29, 6.09, 5.77, 5.60, and 5.51m3, respectively. Their relative economic values were 14.74, 8.3, 8.04, 7.62, 7.39 and. 7.27 $, making them the most effective controls for aeolian processes in both current and upcoming applications.