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Patterns and drivers of rangeland degradation in Mongolia [PDF]

, 2022
Rangelands are currently facing increasing threats from climate change, overgrazing and land conversion and rangeland degradation is a growing concern worldwide.
Sainnemekh, Sumjidmaa
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Effects of Soil Management Practices on Water Erosion under Natural Rainfall Conditions on a Humic Dystrudept

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
Water erosion is the main cause of soil degradation and is influenced by rainfall, soil, topography, land use, soil cover and management, and conservation practices.
Vinicius Ferreira Chaves de Souza, Ildegardis Bertol, Neuro Hilton Wolschick   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pro‐environment behaviors, invasive plant management, and the gap between motivations for behavioral intention and action

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Invasive plant species pose significant challenges to natural resources and communities around the world. However, invasive plant management may require different motivations than other pro‐environmental behaviors because mitigation of invasive plants often comes at high individual cost, has limited effectiveness when undertaken in isolation, and ...
Danielle M. McLaughlin, Elizabeth Baldwin, Alejandro Ponce, Elise Gornish, Adam Henry, Jose Soto, Aaron M. Lien   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic policies and rangeland degradation in Botswana

, 1990
The author addresses himself to the factors responsible for current trends in Botswana's rangeland degradation. and what the Government could do to arrest it. He considers the evidence for degradation, its causes and effects. Economic policies to promote
Jaap W. Arntzen
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Indigenous Rangeland and Livestock Management Among Pastoralists and Agro-pastoralists in Miombo Woodlands, Eastern Tanzania

, 2020
Indigenous rangeland management practices, forage quality and availability, and livestock production by pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in miombo woodlands were investigated in a study conducted in Kilosa district, Tanzania.
Kronqvist, Cecilia,, Ruvuga, Peter,, Nyberg, Gert,, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet., Wredle, Ewa,   +4 more
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Disentangling the drivers of vegetation change in a mobility-constrained pastoral landscape in Laikipia Kenya

Environmental Research Letters
Dryland ecosystems around the world support high biodiversity and extensive pastoralism, but the drivers of landscape change are often poorly understood. Reductionistic understandings have tended to overemphasize livestock impacts and support restrictive
R R Unks, E G King, N P Wachira, J Hepinstall-Cymerman, F I Isbell   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing Recharge in the Edwards Aquifer, Texas: Measures, Outcomes, and Lessons for Karst Aquifers

Groundwater, EarlyView.
Abstract Managed aquifer recharge is a widely adopted method that involves storing excess water underground for future use. While managed aquifer recharge has been applied globally to different aquifer types, its use in karst aquifers is less common due to the unique hydrogeological characteristics of these systems, including high permeability ...
Neelam Thapa Magar, Robert E. Mace
wiley   +1 more source

A RANGELAND GRASSHOPPER INSURANCE PROGRAM [PDF]

The incidence of benefits and costs from controlling rangeland grasshoppers on public grazing lands poses problems of economic efficiency and distributional equity. Public grasshopper control programs operate like public disaster assistance.
Davis, Robert M., Skold, Melvin D.
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Degradation of Non-Photosynthetic Vegetation in a Semi-Arid Rangeland

Remote Sensing, 2016
Land degradation in drylands is the process in which undesirable conditions emerge due to human and natural causes. Despite the particularly deleterious effects of degradation, and it’s potentially irreversible nature, regional assessments have provided ...
Hasan Jackson, Stephen D. Prince
doaj   +1 more source

Alternative approaches to dryland reclamation enhance vegetation cover and soil stability at a former uranium mine

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Conventional reclamation methods to recover dryland ecosystems after mineral extraction often have low success. Alternative reclamation techniques may help overcome the many challenges to establishing persistent native vegetation and stable soils.
Kathryn D. Eckhoff, Rebecca K. Mann, Seth M. Munson, Katherine Walton‐Day, Jo E. Hinck, Michael C. Duniway   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source