Natural systems are also able to adapt to climate change, be adapted and become more resilient to desertification. For example, the root network architecture of the hyper-arid Negev Desert acacia trees has enabled them to withstand intensive cultivation and climate change- driven desertification , while vegetation-induced sand mounds  in the Arabian Desert have reduced desertification through reducing wind erosion and enriching sand desert land with water and nutrients . Vegetation cover of psammophyte shrub species  surrounding the Dunhuang Oasis  reduces oasis land degradation risk by reducing sand grain size and velocity of winds from the aeolian desert ; while land use planning in Israel's Negev Desert taking a 'sharing' approach between cultivation and urbanisation has helped to minimise the external degrading effects of adjacent desert land ecosystems . Scholars are nevertheless questioning the wider suitability of tree planting in drylands, given concerns for water availability and other ecosystem services . How natural dryland systems are managed following disturbances such as wildfire is important too. van den Elsen et al.  found that establishing vegetation and mulch cover after a fire in a Mediterranean dryland ecosystem reduced soil erosion, helping maintain soil fertility and nutrients. However, different management objectives require different adaptations. For example, adaptation measures that reduce land degradation through reforestation could increase vulnerability to fire if they exclude ecologically sound fire management or are based on plant species that are fire prone. Combinations of different land management practices and governance approaches tackling a range of different stresses appear to best support sustainability and adaptation over the long term .
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