Towards sustainable use of rangelands in north-west China [electronic resource] / Victor Squires [and others], editors.
This book reviews the extent of resource debasement in China's pastoral zones and offers solutions for their sustainable use. The 5-parts deal with rangelands and the people who manage them, and assess the prospects for rehabilitation. Topics include Livestock husbandry development and agro-pas...
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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 -- Land Tenure: 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. | |
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