Towards Sustainable Use of Rangelands in North-West China
This book reviews the extent of resource debasement in China’s pastoral zones and offers solutions for their sustainable use. This book draws upon the large body of Chinese language literature that is generally inaccessible to the English language audience. By having joint editors/contributors who a...
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| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2010.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 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.
