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Suitable habitat of Himalayan wolf in Upper Mustang, Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Decades ago, the Himalayan wolf Canis lupus chanco, a genetically distinct sub‐species of the gray wolf Canis lupus, faced persecution by local communities in the Nepalese Himalayas. Recently, wolf populations have returned and recolonized, sparking concerns about conflicts over livestock depredation, and emphasizing the urgent need for comprehensive ...
Deu Bahadur Rana, Jhamak Bahadur Karki, HimLal Shrestha, Thakur Silwal, Bikash Ghimire, Bikram Shrestha   +5 more
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LIVESTOCK PRICING IN THE NORTHERN KENYAN RANGELANDS [PDF]

This paper uses detailed, transactions-level data and a structural-heteroskedasticity-in-mean model to identify the determinants of livestock producer prices for pastoralists in the drylands of northern Kenya. The empirical results confirm the importance
Little, Peter D., Chabari, Francis, Barrett, Christopher B., Bailey, DeeVon, Coppock, D. Layne   +4 more
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Fixation with the past or vision for the future: Challenges of land tenure reform in Kenya with special focus on land rights of the Maasai and Boorana pastoralists [PDF]

, 2009
The aim of this study is to discuss the challenges facing land tenure reform in Kenya, with special focus on the pastoral Maasai and Boorana communities.
Adhi, Godana Doyo
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Adaptive pastoralists—Insights into local and regional patterns in livelihood adaptation choices among pastoralists in Kenya

, 2023
Pastoralist adaptation strategies have to address multiple, overlapping, and often inter-related processes of socio-ecological change. The present study addresses the need for inter-regional comparative studies that account for different geographic ...
Nyberg, Gert, Bostedt, Göran, Knutsson, Per, Knutsson, Per,, Bostedt, G., Muricho, D., Mureithi, Stephen, Mureithi, Stephen,, Muricho, Deborah,, Wredle, Ewa, Bostedt, Göran,, Muricho, Deborah, Wredle, E., Nyberg, Gert,, Nyberg, G., Wredle, Ewa,, Mureithi, S.   +16 more
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Livestock grazing and geodiversity modulate wild herbivore distributions in an African community conservation area

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
The rapid decline of African wildlife populations demands immediate action to mitigate further losses and restore ecosystems. A key factor influencing wildlife distribution is the relationship between the energetic needs of species and the availability of forage, both in terms of quality and quantity.
Laura Ryge Koch, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Mads Gammelgaard, Robert Buitenwerf   +3 more
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Out of sight: chronic kidney diseases among diabetic patients attending care and follow up. Findings from pastoralist health facilities of Southern Ethiopia

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundIn Ethiopia, the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among the adult population ranges to 19.1%. The disease's impact has increased in low-resource settings due to a lack of knowledge about the condition and its risk factors. Diabetes is
Eskinder Israel, Ushula Deboch Borko, Kuma Mota, Mihret Tesfaw, Tihun Feleke, Awoke Abraham, Bereket Akako, Beniyam Samuel, Amdehiwot Aynalem   +8 more
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The Role of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge in Managing Rangelands Sustainably in Northern Iran

Ecology and Society, 2013
Pastoralists' knowledge of adaptive rangeland management in Iran has long been only selectively analyzed and documented. This study attempts to rectify that by outlining the indigenous ecological knowledge of the pastoralists of Nariyan village in the ...
Mehdi Ghorbani, Hossein Azarnivand, Ali Akbar Mehrabi, Mohammad Jafari, Hooshang Nayebi, Klaus Seeland   +5 more
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Forces Behind South Australia's Unusual Structural Changes Since 1840

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector's share of GDP in growing economies typically declines but, for a century from the early 1850s, Australia's did not. That trend is most evident for the former colony and now State of South Australia (SA). Moreover, that share for SA has been almost flat since 1980 as well, along with the agricultural sector's share of ...
Kym Anderson
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Pastoralist views and positions on coexistence with large carnivores. An overview from conflict areas across Europe

People and Nature
While large carnivore expansion is a conservation success, it increasingly challenges pastoralism. Beyond economic value, pastoralism provides critical biodiversity and sociocultural benefits, recognized by the UN and the EU's ‘High Nature Value farming’
Valeria Salvatori, Estelle Balian, Katrina Marsden, Juliette C. Young   +3 more
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Front view of the house, [Tuggeranong Station Homestead, Australian Capital Territory] [picture].

, 1910
Title devised by cataloguer based on caption and information on compactus card.; Published in: Pastoral Homes of Australia. By Pastoralists' Review Pty.

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