ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF RECLAMATION OF SALINE LANDS

The broad development of processes of salinization of irrigated lands is a consequence of underestimating the problem in the past and the in consistency of the existing concept of irrigation. The salinization pr oblem is urgent mainly because the natural environment was developed b y ''intensive'' agricultural technology. For this reason, the main eco logical problems of reclaiming saline lands and utilizing nature now g enerally amount to developing technologies which are adapted to actual natural conditions and use renewable natural resources (soil and wate r) and minimize the anthropogenic impact on geochemical processes.