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Perennial grasslands and agroenvironmental programme effects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Farming on grasslands is an important part of organic faming. There is a perceptible trend of increasing acreages of grasslands in organic farming in the Czech republic too.
Friebel, Ludvík   +4 more
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Land parcellation reduced spatial redundancy resulting in grassland degradation

open access: yesPeople and Nature
Degradation is the most immediate threat to biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods of global pastoral grasslands. However, we are still uncertain why grassland degradation is enhanced by the land policy of grassland parcellation.
JianXin Jiao   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving Carbon Mitigation Potential through Grassland Ecosystem Restoration under Climatic Change in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

open access: yesAdvances in Meteorology, 2014
To protect the water tower’s ecosystem environment and conserve biodiversity, China has been implementing a huge payment program for ecosystem services in the three rivers source region.
Lin Huang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Distinct roles of plant and microbial communities in ecosystem multifunctionality during grassland degradation and restoration

open access: yesGeoderma
Understanding the mechanisms of grassland degradation and restoration is critically important for maintaining the health of grasslands, which occupy one-third of the planet’s land surface.
Linna Ma   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stage-specific responses and shifting regulatory mechanisms of ecosystem multifunctionality along a grassland degradation gradient

open access: yesGeoderma
Worldwide grassland degradation undermines ecosystem functioning, thereby affecting the sustainable utilisation of grassland ecosystems. However, the response patterns and underlying regulatory mechanisms of the ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) in ...
Jianlu Wu, Yaru Rong, Lei Wu, Deli Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Study on the scope for reconstruction of the grazing livestock sector of Xinjiang based on organic farming methods [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper explores the feasibility of developing organic livestock farming in the pastoral area of Xinjiang, in order to address the problems of grassland degradation and to promote the sustainable development of the grazing livestock sector.
Bill Slee   +4 more
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