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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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
- 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.