SAGYNBAI KALDYBAYEV*, KANAIBEK KUBENKULOV, ILYIA ALIMAEV AND KENZHE ERZHANOVA
Kazakh National Agrarian University, Abay Avenue, 8, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan
*(e-mail : sagynbai.kaldybayev@mail.ru; Mobile : +7 (727) 264–65–04)
(Received : February 19, 2019; Accepted : April 18, 2019)
ABSTRACT
The performed comprehensive space-and-earth research of pastures in the submontane semi-desert and
desert zones on the gray, grayish-brown and sandy soils had revealed the presence of widespread pasture
degradation in the proximity of settlements that decreased with the distance from the suburbs. Four
degrees of pasture degradation had been identified, the growth of which resulted in changes in the botanic
composition of the vegetation cover, in changing in the title of pastures, and reduction of fodder productivity
and quality. The spatial coincidence of the manifestations of pasture degradation foci on satellite images
with their terrestrial indicators allows extrapolating this state for the entire monitored area.
Key words :Pastures, degradation, indicators, GIS technologies, satellite imaging