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Towards Sustainable Use of Rangelands in North-West China

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Editors:
  1. Victor Squires

    1. , Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, St. Peters, Australia

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  2. Limin Hua

    1. Gansu Bureau of Animal Husbandry, Lanzhou, China, People's Republic

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  3. Guolin Li

    1. Gansu Bureau of Animal Husbandry, Lanzhou, China, People's Republic

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  4. Degang Zhang

    1. , Grassland Science Department, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China, People's Republic

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  • This book draws upon the large body of Chinese language literature that is generally inaccessible to the English language audience 2.
  • Two chapters are devoted to the achievement of global environmental objectives - carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation in mountain grasslands 3.
  • The book pays special attention to the successful results in Gansu - a major region of China's pastoral lands
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
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  2. Rangeland Systems and People Under Pressure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. North-West China’s Rangelands and Peoples: Facts, Figures, Challenges and Responses

      • Victor Squires, Hua Limin
      Pages 3-18

    3. Livestock Husbandry Development and Agro-Pastoral Integration in Gansu and Xinjiang

      • Victor Squires, Hua Limin
      Pages 19-37

  3. Combating Rangeland Degradation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Exploring the Options in North-West China’s Pastoral Lands

      • Victor Squires, Hua Limin, Li Guolin, Zhang Degang
      Pages 41-59

    3. Ecological Control of Rangeland Degradation: Livestock Management

      • Brant Kirychuk, Bazil Fritz
      Pages 61-79

    4. Ecological Restoration and Control of Rangeland Degradation: Rangeland Management Interventions

      • Victor Squires, Zhang Degang, Hua Limin
      Pages 81-98

  4. Achieving the Global Objectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Biodiversity of Plants and Animals in Mountain Ecosystems

      • Zhao Cheng-Zhang, Victor Squires
      Pages 101-125

    3. Carbon Sequestration and the Implications for Rangeland Management

      • Long Ruijun, Shang Zhanhuan, Li Xiaogan, Jiang Ping-an, Jia Hong-tao, Victor Squires
      Pages 127-145

    4. Protecting Local Breeds of Livestock in NW China

      • Lang Xia, Wang Cailian, Victor Squires
      Pages 147-180

  5. Improving the Profitability and Sustainability of Herding and Farming in the Pastoral Areas of North-West China

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Agro-Pastoral Integration in NW China: A New Paradigm?

      • Zhang Degang, Ren Jizhou, Hua Limin, Victor Squires
      Pages 183-205

    3. Improved Animal Husbandry Practices as a Basis for Profitability

      • Wu Jianping, Victor Squires, Yang Lian
      Pages 207-232

    4. Herders’ Income and Expenditure: Perceptions and Expectations

      • Hua Limin, David Michalk
      Pages 233-253

    5. Land Tenure: Problems, Prospects and Reform

      • Wang Meiping, Zhao Cheng-zhang, Hua Limin, Victor Squires
      Pages 255-282

  6. The Way Forward

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 283-283
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    2. Environmental Education: A Tool for Changing the Mind-Set

      • Zhao Cheng-Zhang, Hua Limin, Victor Squires
      Pages 285-299

    3. Redesigning Livestock Systems to Improve Household Income and Reduce Stocking Rates in China’s Western Grasslands

      • D. L. Michalk, Hua Limin, David Kemp, Randall Jones, Taro Takahashi, Wu Jianping et al.
      Pages 301-324
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About this book

Towards Sustainable Use of Rangelands in China’s North West is based on the program of the International Conference Implementing GEF Objectives in a Systems Framework held in Lanzhou, Gansu, China in October 2008. This collection reviews the extent of resource debasement in China’s pastoral zones and offers solutions for their sustainable use. The five parts deal with ran- lands, and the people who manage them, and assess prospects for implementation of more sustainable rangeland/livestock production systems. Topics include Livestock husbandry development and agro-pastoral integration in Gansu and Xinjiang; Ecological restoration and control of rangeland degradation. Despite widespread degradation, the articles reveal the approaches that are likely to lead to recovery of these rangelands and better livelihoods for the local herders and farmers. Two chapters are devoted to the achievement of global environmental objectives. Carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation in mountaingrasslands are just a few of the covered subjects. This portion of the book pays special attention to the successful results in Gansu and Xinjiang – major regions of China’s pastoral lands. The final division addresses measures to improve the profitability and susta- ability of herding and farming in the pastoral areas of north-west China There are fifteen chapters on subjects that include: Livestock management, Rangeland management interventions, Agro-pastoral integration, Improved animal husbandry practices as a basis for profitability. Land tenure and access, Environmental education, Ecological Restoration and New Management approaches for China’s northwest pastoral areas.

Reviews

“Towards Sustainable Use of Rangelands in North-West China to be thoughtful, well structured, informative … and readable. The contributing authors provide an accessible introduction to the challenges facing North-West China's rangelands and document a variety of practical approaches to address these. Recommended for readers with an interest in social and environmental change, mountain ecosystems, and natural resource management.” (Hilary Howes, Asian Highlands Perspectives, Vol. 40, 2016)

“The chapters are clearly presented and the summaries of key points at the beginning of each chapter are very useful. The book also benefits from the contemporary nature of the data set on which it draws; this is especially important in the context of rapid political, economic, and climate change. … In summary, this is a valuable book that will undoubtedly be of interest to scholars of pastoralism and of the region.” (Caroline Upton, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 31 (2), May, 2011)

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, St. Peters, Australia

    Victor Squires

  • Gansu Bureau of Animal Husbandry, Lanzhou, China, People's Republic

    Limin Hua, Guolin Li

  • , Grassland Science Department, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China, People's Republic

    Degang Zhang

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Towards Sustainable Use of Rangelands in North-West China

  • Editors: Victor Squires, Limin Hua, Guolin Li, Degang Zhang

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9622-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-9621-0Published: 22 September 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9042-1Published: 06 November 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-9622-7Published: 21 September 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 353

  • Topics: Agriculture

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