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RANGELAND DEGRADATION: EXTENT, IMPACTS, AND ALTERNATIVE RESTORATION TECHNIQUES IN THE RANGELANDS OF ETHIOPIA

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, Hakim Hashim, Mukeram Teha   +2 more
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Rangeland degradation and management practice in Ethiopia: A systematic review paper

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Globally, 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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Effectiveness of protected areas in the Caucasus Mountains in preventing rangeland degradation. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
As land use intensifies globally, it increasingly exerts pressure on protected areas. Despite open, nonforested landscapes comprising up to 40% of protected areas globally, assessments have predominately focused on forests, overlooking the major ...
Ghoddousi A, Pratzer M, Lewinska KE, Eggers J, Bleyhl B, Ambarli H, Arakelyan M, Askerov E, Butsic V, Ghazaryan A, Lortkipanidze B, Radeloff VC, Kuemmerle T.   +12 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

A review of potential methods for monitoring rangeland degradation in Libya

Pastoralism, 2018
Natural and human factors exert a profound impact on the degradation of rangelands, human effects being the most significant factor in increasing the severity of deterioration.
Abdulsalam Al-bukhari, Stephen Hallett, Tim Brewer   +2 more
doaj   +4 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Herders’ Perceptions about Rangeland Degradation and Herd Management: A Case among Traditional and Non-Traditional Herders in Khentii Province of Mongolia

Sustainability, 2021
Herders play essential roles in sustaining Mongolia’s economy and rangeland conditions. As about 90% of Mongolia’s livestock grazes on natural pasture, how herders manage it largely affects the future sustainability of the livestock industry.
Kenichi Matsui, Munguntuul Ulziibaatar
exaly   +2 more sources

Assessment of Rangeland Degradation in New Mexico Using Time Series Segmentation and Residual Trend Analysis (TSS-RESTREND)

Remote Sensing, 2021
Rangelands provide significant socioeconomic and environmental benefits to humans. However, climate variability and anthropogenic drivers can negatively impact rangeland productivity.
Melakeneh G. Gedefaw, Hatim M. E. Geli, Temesgen Alemayehu Abera   +2 more
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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, H. Barani, A. A. Sarvestani, M. R. Shahraki, M. Sharafatmandrad   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

An integrated approach for risk assessment of rangeland degradation: A case study in Burqin County, Xinjiang, China

Ecological Indicators, 2020
Rangeland degradation in China has significant impacts both on the ecosystem and on the pastoralists’ life. However, the emphasis of current management practice is always put on the rangeland with serious degradation problem. How to effectively avoid the
, Fangzheng Liu, Yang Guan
exaly   +2 more sources

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, A. Abedi Sarvestani, M. Sharafatmandrad, M.R. Shahraki, A. Hajili-Davaji   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources