Planting trees for a better environment in rural Uzbekistan

What can small-scale forest plantations contribute to combating land degradation in arid regions such as Uzbekistan? ZEF junior researcher<link http: www.zef.de external-link-new-window external link in new> Holm Voigt tells how he tried to find answers to this question during his research in Uzbekistan in this <link fileadmin webfiles zef_news no_31 zef_news_31_website_p5.pdf download file>article, published in ZEF news no. 31 (April 2015).