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Relational resiliences: reflections from pastoralism across the world
Ecosystems and PeopleResilience is a common concept in pastoralism scholarship and policy-making, especially in dryland environments where livelihoods are considered vulnerable to frequent shocks such as droughts, pests and epidemics, and conflicts.
Greta Semplici +8 more
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Cambridge International Law Journal, 2016 This edited volume summarizes information about the situational context, threats, problems, challenges and solutions for sustainable pastoralism at a global scale. The book has four goals. The first goal is to summarize the information about the history,
Boone, Randall B. (ed.) +3 more
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Pastoralism in South Asia: Contemporary stresses and adaptations of Himalayan pastoralists
Pastoralism, 2023 We discuss the main findings in the Special issue on Pastoralism in South Asia from the eight papers based on research conducted in the Himalayan region of South Asia.
R. Singh, C. Kerven
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Adapting nomadic pastoralism to climate change
Climatic Change, 2023 This paper presents the results of a detailed review of the research literature on how nomadic pastoralists are being affected by climate change, how they are adapting, and challenges with using traditional knowledge in adaptation. It focuses on research
Navchaa Tugjamba +2 more
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Toward a holistic understanding of pastoralism
One Earth, 2021 Summary Pastoralism is globally significant in social, environmental, and economic terms. However, it experiences crises rooted in misconceptions and poor interdisciplinary understanding, while being largely overlooked in international sustainability ...
P. Manzano +13 more
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Pastoralism at Scale on the Kazakh Rangelands: From Clans to Workers to Ranchers
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Eurasia contains the world's largest contiguous rangelands, grazed for millennia by mobile pastoralists' livestock. This paper reviews evidence from one Eurasian country, Kazakhstan, on how nomadic pastoralism developed from some 5,000 years ago to the ...
C. Kerven, S. Robinson, R. Behnke
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Biodiversity-pastoralism nexus in West Africa
AIMS Agriculture and Food, 2022 Biodiversity loss is a pressing challenge. This is particularly so in regions where the pressure on ecosystems is high such as in the Sahel region. This pressure is due, inter alia, to different land uses such as pastoralism.
H. Bilali +4 more
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Dairy pastoralism sustained Eastern Eurasian Steppe populations for 5000 years
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2020 Dairy pastoralism is integral to contemporary and past lifeways on the eastern Eurasian steppe, facilitating survival in agriculturally challenging environments.
S. Wilkin +19 more
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Critical Transitions from Pastoralism to Ranching in Central Africa
Current Anthropology, 2021 The goal of this paper is to explain why and how increasing commoditization and incorporation in the market economy are only now leading to a critical transition from pastoralism to ranching in Central Africa.
N. Schareika +2 more
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, 2021 This paper explores how pastoral systems have changed over time, drawing on six cases from across the world that are the focus of the PASTRES research programme: southern Tunisia, Sardinians in central Italy, Isiolo in northern Kenya, Kutch in India ...
M. Nori
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