Towards Sustainable Use of Rangelands in North-West China
These and other innovative ideas make Towards Sustainable Use of Rangelands in China’s NorthWest a valuable addition to any environmental library. It is vitally important that a beginning is made on addressing the issues raised here. It is timely that the direction be set and the first steps taken i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2010, 2010
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2010 |
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Table of Contents:
- Rangeland Systems and People Under Pressure
- North-West China’s Rangelands and Peoples: Facts, Figures, Challenges and Responses
- Livestock Husbandry Development and Agro-Pastoral Integration in Gansu and Xinjiang
- Combating Rangeland Degradation
- Exploring the Options in North-West China’s Pastoral Lands
- Ecological Control of Rangeland Degradation: Livestock Management
- Ecological Restoration and Control of Rangeland Degradation: Rangeland Management Interventions
- Achieving the Global Objectives
- Biodiversity of Plants and Animals in Mountain Ecosystems
- Carbon Sequestration and the Implications for Rangeland Management
- Protecting Local Breeds of Livestock in NW China
- Improving the Profitability and Sustainability of Herding and Farming in the Pastoral Areas of North-West China
- Agro-Pastoral Integration in NW China: A New Paradigm?
- Improved Animal Husbandry Practices as a Basis for Profitability
- Herders’ Income and Expenditure: Perceptions and Expectations
- LandTenure: Problems, Prospects and Reform
- The Way Forward
- Environmental Education: A Tool for Changing the Mind-Set
- Redesigning Livestock Systems to Improve Household Income and Reduce Stocking Rates in China’s Western Grasslands
- Towards Ecological Restoration and Management in China’s Northwest Pastoral Lands