Projekt

The Eastern Pamir, as a peripheral and ecological disadvantaged region, was especially dependent on subsidies provided by the economical integration into the Soviet supply system. Animal husbandry has been the allocated task and one of the few economic activities feasible. Fossil energy, basic food and other commodities for daily and episodic use have to be imported. As a consequence of the political changes shortages in the food and energy supply have occured causing an increased vulnerability of the people. Besides strong external factors with severe effects on local livelihoods internal reasons contribute to insecure living standards and possible negative ecological effects as well the main reason being the transition from a collective, state-controlled to an individual or cooperative use of the pastures. Land access rights are under negotiation and the irrigation of winter pastures has collapsed leading to degradation of pastures. The proposed project aims at clarifying the coherence of the socioeconomic and ecological frame conditions and quantification based on remote sensing and geo-ecological methods. Based on envisaged research results concepts for the improvement of livelihood strategies might be derived.

• Prof. Dr. Cyrus Samimi

  Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  Institut für Geographie
  Erlangen
  

• Prof. Dr. Hermann Kreutzmann

  Freie Universität Berlin
  Fachbereich Geowissenschaften
  Institut für Geographische Wissenschaften
  Haus K
  Berlin