DEGRADATION ISSUES OF FESCUE-FORBS RANGELAND IN MOUNTAIN STEPPE
Proceedings of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2018 The total area of Fescue-forbs rangeland in Mongolia is 10 million hectares, in account of 8.5% of total rangeland area. Fescue-forbs rangeland is the main type of rangeland in mountain steppe.
Otgontuya L, Lkhagvajav N, Munkhbat Ch
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Rangeland degradation assessment: a new strategy based on the ecological knowledge of indigenous pastoralists [PDF]
Solid Earth, 2016 In a changing world, the prevalence of land degradation is becoming a serious problem, especially in countries with arid and semi-arid rangelands. There are many techniques to assess rangeland degradation that rely on scientific knowledge but ignore ...
B. Behmanesh +4 more
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Multi-Temporal Remotely Sensed Data for Degradation Dynamics in Linxia Rangeland, Northwest China
Applied Sciences, 2017 The importance of accurately monitoring rangeland degradation dynamics over decades is increasing in Linxia rangeland, the birthplace of the Yellow River in China.
Xinyang Yu, Changhe Lu, Gengxing Zhao
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Arid Rangeland Degradation and Its Driving Forces in Southern Hodna, Algeria
Journal of Landscape Ecology, 2023 The Algerian steppes frequently experience droughts and significant anthropogenic activities than harm its natural resources, endangering the fragile arid ecosystem’s balance.
Sahnouni Razika, Abdesselam Salah
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Rangeland degradation and management practice in Ethiopia: A systematic review paper
Environmental and Sustainability IndicatorsGlobally, rangeland degradation is a serious environmental problem, especially in pastoral and semi-pastoral areas that are constantly shrinking. Ethiopian pastoralists are highly affected like other parts of Africa due to climate change and other ...
Belay Daba, Siraj Mammo
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Veld restoration strategies in South African semi-arid rangelands. Are there any successes?—A review
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 Rangeland deterioration is a major challenge faced especially by communal farmers in most of the developing countries including South Africa. The high population of people and livestock exert pressure on the rangeland leading to deterioration which ...
Humbelani Silas Mudau +10 more
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Assessment of Rangeland Degradation Indicators using Exploiters’ View between Authorized and Unauthorized Exploiters (Case Study: Saryqmish Winter Rangelands, Golestan Province, Iran) [PDF]
Desert, 2016 In recent years, large rangeland areas have been destroyed for various reasons, so that its negative impacts on local people's income and sustainable livelihood are become significant.
B. Behmanesh +4 more
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Expert understandings on rangeland ecosystem services and their sustainable management (Atrak River Basin, NE Iran) [PDF]
Environmental Resources Research, 2020 Over the last three centuries, worldwide improper utilization of rangelands has led to degradation of ecosystem services. Rangelands, like other natural resources used by humans, are embedded in complex socio-ecological systems.
MS. MS. Azimi +3 more
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Linking Ecosystem Services to Social Well-Being: An Approach to Assess Land Degradation
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Land degradation usually leads to the loss of ecosystem services, which may threaten social well-being. There is no approach to identify and manage all ecosystem services based on their importance in degradation processes and social systems.
Mohsen Sharafatmandrad +1 more
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Pastoralism, 2021 This paper explores how property rights arrangements affect the equity, efficiency and sustainability of high-altitude rangeland management in Bhutan from the perspectives of rangeland users.
Karma Tenzing +2 more
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