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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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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 in the steppe zone of Mongolia
Mongolian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2023 Changes in rangeland management practices and global warming are to blame for the degradation of Mongolia's rangelands. Rangelands might deteriorate as a result of the expected repercussions from grazing disturbances, which is likely to make the situation worse [1] The people of Mongolia are aware of the growing degradation of rangelands, that is ...
Burmaa Dashbal, Bulgamaa Densambuu
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Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2016 Rangeland degradation remains a serious impediment to improve pastoral livelihoods in the lowlands of Ethiopia. This review paper presents an overview of the extent of rangeland degradation, explores its drivers, discusses the potential impacts of ...
Mohammed Mussa Abdulahi +2 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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AnimalSince the publication of the UN-FAO report on the environmental impact of livestock production in 2006, negative headlines seem to rule the public perception of ruminant livestock production.
M.M. Kothmann, W. Pittroff
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EVALUATION AND MAPPING OF RANGELANDS DEGRADATION USING REMOTELY SENSED DATA [PDF]
Sociedade & Natureza, 2005 The empirical and scientifically documents prove that misuse of natural resource causes degradation in it. So natural resources conservation is important in approaching sustainable development aims.
Majid Ajorlo
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Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2012 AbstractIn many developing countries where rangelands are a dominant land type and critically important in livelihoods of a significant portion of the population, severe rangeland degradation and/or conflicts over rangeland use can create significant social, economic, and environmental problems.
Bedunah, Donald J., Angerer, Jay P.
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Livestock Subsidies and Rangeland Degradation in Central Crete [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2009 Marginal and unstable environmental conditions force stockbreeders in drylands to develop adaptive strategies to ensure stability of production. In intensive market-oriented pastoral systems, the partial substitution of rangeland forage production by ...
Hugues Lorent +4 more
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Degradation of net primary production in a semiarid rangeland [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2016 Anthropogenic land degradation affects many biogeophysical processes, including reductions of net primary production (NPP). Degradation occurs at scales from small fields to continental and global.
H. Jackson, S. D. Prince
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