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nos possible so eounl on peinleneni esopping oi
bending in regions eliel eeperienre one good yes in
every 4—» yeers As in d6!!! megelenon, by in. lire
lnosr eiieeilve end clieepesl slieregy is lo eiielude
browsing enuneie iloin beedwelei erees, when eiles e
iew years liieusends lil young plenls iney enebllsli

Desen borders eie now used los e seesoneiiy end
uneerleln piodueilon oi wneel, berley, inillrls, end
soigiiuins About one yen in iour produces e
ieesoneble srop, bus seyeie wind erosion end duel
slnrms uleiie lbls e pseamus use oi sueii delleere soib
Herding end exlerlslye llveeroeli iysleule elso oeeupy
gieel ereee oi lbe dawns, will. seesonel oi noinedie
needing in norlb Am end souliiwesi Asle.

I! we lack ei eeluel ineoine oeisns lend use, lire
Cenliel Deer! oi Auerrelie eliove some 73% oi lile eiee
so peslorelisin, end only 27% lo Alwri nel reseiyes
end eonservebon Iluli Howevei, ineolne is isle iloin
peeloielieul, 765 boul lounsui. end Hi: lioin ininin
in sinell erees Evm lire mining is e ’inuriu induslry‘
wileie il eoneenlieles on psesious slonee, end
Aboriginel esl ie e lerge pers oi sire lourlsl inleiesl
l-eslonlisln end mining ere pulsiiely subsidised, and
lies e grossly unwerienied syssenl oi diieel end in
dim supreme, producing e lergely surplus pioduel los
rise world sneiliei. Ne wondei pesloreiisls mull
uleiniein e poweriul lobby in lne bells of goverunen

Fmple ieeely wenl in live in line deservin is en
expensive plere lo uleinnln e bigii slendeid oi mmlon
in lnodern ierrns bul liiey love lo visil, end in see
wildllle, genuine tribal err, end the lendlape lesell, To
Abotiy'ml people, lile lend is lile ilseli; iney eie e peis
oi lbe whine-id liielserl ielleels sills

Dams ere lnspiienorlel ioi designers, Nol only do
liie bills reml pellerne, look lypn, end pioeessee oi
erosion, bul I) lie llgbi slung-e iron. eesly dewn lo ieie
tuning, new inssgble erise iioin lne siiedowed end
ligiil alas, Wiles is oiren uneleei on lire ground
beooirlee pen ole whole pellern iiseen iioln bills os liie
elr. Wben we undersiend lllese ineny pellesns, lne
disoiieuilon oi oleleriels end oigenlslns melee sense,
end wee-e eble ioeleeilvely lnliebll the iendseepe ll is
illlle wonder bier dnerl peopiee, us lbs gleei silenres,
beeuly, end veslness oi nesuie, erriye el ymlullnd
myslisel pana'll eoneepis, Only lile eonnned deny or
low-dweller coneenli—eres on rile episensere oi rlslenee,
eoinlnenle, end eonduel. in llseopen, survivel delnends
senslbye ieeediorl lo niviionineniel unpuelives,

 

 

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PRECIPITATION

Rein oenirs ln deserie es e lesser perl oi lile nol-rnel
eyeiorur, eonyeelionel, oi oiogsepbie seine oseurring
what» boiilwenn, unsleble oopieel ilrmm end
cold wesleily rein iney be eneielned inlo eii cell
elssulerion evei desesls, bill lbeie is e slgnliieenr
pioporo-on oi sonveesionel rein due in losel healing

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avtr sends, roelis, end bere soils. Only in some deeerls
does iein ieil iiirly ieliebly in e seesonei dlsuibulion
in iwis eileeled by rnonsoon borders es weslesly
soeelel bells :lsewbeie, iein is episodie end avmgrs
eie nleenlngless in user rneny yeeis iney pass er eny
one pleee wrlnoul ieln. nine ere line nesusel desene
lliie Nenlibsen eoessel esees end llie nieeenlel wbele
oiisiloie winds end sold see eunenis ensure liier rein is
me oi vnluflly elisenl. sueii erees eie lreeleee, end
deoend ml logs end dew elone ids pienl geowlll

Al dew uley bee-oiled lo plenl survival, dew nepe ol
sione, sniieled shrubs, or even verde-el innei screens lo
I in nlgl. ere slrelegies so eelen inoislnie Moeoeeen
iosesless ese sonielnpleling sueli nlelel seseens so
eondense dew end lo riseieby emhhsh shrubs, which in
run. will beeorne rnoisluie eondensers

oi-Poimllenl: REPONSES m FRECfl‘lTA ON
A seineloi-in H2 mm pioduees iunnii suii no lo
sierl hudwflu sneein llow, end only lne oeeeslonel
downpous oi lorrenllel mnvem‘alial rein, oi lire beevy
seine oi moMoons end liedewinds aver ileedweler
srieenis ieoioee iroin lire deserl produce over now
down lire breided oi sendy welei rmwoslo lilei llueed
linongb lire desert,

For lnbespeople end llse inolnie ieune oi lne desen,
dissenl ieln is llie nigger mel eels oil e wiioie sequenee
oi uligselion end pesbeps e subsequent inlensive
breeding psogieinrne. insl es we een wiire e
disserienon on llie pinese on. mm pedne hum, so we
een wi-lee esseys on sueli silnple eoneepl-woids es
‘wihbwul" ioi Cenlsel Austnhem lrlbes ileriies lilen
being en esbllnry, wsuiul, oi unpredielebie movemenl
liler lne <d|mflflrveguli|ed Europe-us see il lo be,
wellieboul rnnillks es someliung lilie.

Oui eeoule sew ll-iundeeelornie so me ier
nnnh: iiwegonowweoenenlvelnunie lo
beryeel some oi me [111in «alumni end plenle
mes will respond no min. and lo [oflnw llle
weles lo use welesliolee Ihll will illl will-i
iseeliwesri end love us deli. lurile. end liege
ioi e iew inonuis. We irniel go flaw. in urns lo
eelebiele ilie qde oi ylemy uiel Coll'lel ixoin
lbe rein,

Thus we een see suel. moi/em]: el bong selulble,
plenned, end eppiopriele lo en onyllonlneni wblen
psesenls sese opporlunilies lo iieivesl lire veiled
iesoulees provided by rein in vol! newly-legumeled
eeunlsy. end lo liglilen use burden oi isouire pressure
on levouini ham eiees, so lbel lbey een regenenle es
rewrws ios beid lunes

'nie lesponse oi rile deserl lo rein ie rruly reineis.
eble Epiiernerel oienls eel-per lbs giound, end l'iowere
end wed ere piodueed in ebundenee. buried rubers
allow oui gleel pessiiee olrnelon. been. end yen. mm.
slirubs or seen iney pioduse numerous seedlings in
eiees wlieeeiew young bees enisled ln rile soeeins end