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Towards Sustainable Use of Rangelands in North-West China

This book reviews the extent of resource debasement in Chinas pastoral zones and offers solutions for their sustainable use. This book draws upon the large body of Chinese language literature that is generally inaccessible to the English language audience. By having joint editors/contributors who a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Squires, Victor. (Editor), Hua, Limin. (Editor), Li, Guolin. (Editor), Zhang, Degang. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Subjects:
Life sciences.
Agriculture.
Life Sciences.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9622-7
Table of Contents:
  • About the Editors; List of Contributors;
  • Foreword by Sari Soderstrom (World Bank, Washington)
  • Foreword by Frank Radstake (Asian Development Bank, Manila)
  • Preface by Editors
  • Acknowledgements
  • PART I: Rangeland systems and People under pressure
  • 1. North-west Chinas rangelands and peoples: Facts, figures, challenges and responses; V. R. Squires and Hua Limin
  • 2. Livestock husbandry development and agro-pastoral integration in Gansu and Xinjiang; V. R. Squires and Hua Limin
  • PART II: Combating rangeland degradation
  • 3. Exploring the options in North-west China pastoral lands; V.R .Squires, Hua Limin Li Guolin and Zhang Degang
  • 4. Ecological restoration and control of rangeland degradation: Livestock management; Brant Kirychuck and Bazil Fritz
  • 5. Ecological restoration and control of rangeland degradation: Rangeland management interventions; V. R. Squires, Hua Limin and Zhang Degang
  • PART III: Achieving the global objectives
  • 6. Biodiversity of plants and animals in mountain ecosystems; Zhao Cheng-Zhang and V.R. Squires
  • 7. Carbon sequestration and the implications for rangeland management; Long Ruijun Shang Zhanhuan, Li Xiaogan, Jiang Ping-an, Jia Hong-tao and V.R. Squires
  • 8. Protecting local breeds of livestock; Liang Xia, Wang Cailian and V R Squires
  • PART IV: Improving the profitability and sustainability of herding and farming in the pastoral areas of North-West China
  • 9. Agro-pastoral integration: development of a new paradigm; Zhang Degang, Ren Jizhou, Hua Limin and V.R. Squires
  • 10. Improved animal husbandry practices as a basis for profitability; Wu Jianping, V.R. Squires and Yang Lian
  • 11. Herders income and expenditure: perceptions and expectations; Hua Limin and D L Michalk
  • 12. Land tenure: problems, prospects and reform; Wang Meiping Zhao Cheng-zhang Hua Limin and V. R. Squires
  • PART V: The way forward
  • 13. Environmental education: a tool for changing the mind-set; Zhao Cheng-Zhang and V.R. Squires
  • 14. Redesigning livestock systems to improve household income and reduce stocking rates in Chinas western grasslands; D L Michalk, Hua Limin, D R Kemp, Randall Jones, Taro Takahashi, Wu JianPing, Nan Zhibiao, Xu Zhu and Han Guodong
  • 15.Towards Ecological Restoration and Management in Chinas northwest pastoral zone; V.R. Squires, Hua Limin, Zhang Degang and Li Guolin
  • List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes
  • Index.

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