Empirical Assessment of State and Transition Model Developed for Kyrgyz Mountain Pastures by Combining New Classified Degradation Types for Inner and Central Tien-Shan Highlands

Munavar Zhumanova1, Geoffrey M Henebry2, Monika Tomaszewska1, Sagynbek Orunbaev3, Aliaskar Mambetov3 and Zheenbek Kulenbekov3, (1)Michigan State University, Center for Global Change and Earth Observation, East Lansing, MI, United States, (2)Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States, (3)American University of Central Asia, Department of Applied Geology, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan