Dynamics and Resilience of Rangelands and Pastoral Peoples Around the Globe

摘要: Rangelands cover more of Earth's land surface than any other type land. They have variable and harsh climates, are sparsely populated remote from markets, produce significant quantities livestock, mostly used managed in common. Under this already unpredictable climate, pastoral peoples rangelands face new accelerating political, economic, climatic stresses that challenge their coupled resilience ability to adapt. In response, pastoralists creating ways manage through conservancies community-based institutions on state, common, private review, we focus recent advances our understanding rangeland social-ecological systems, as well the causes consequences change these systems. We then explore how peoples, governments, businesses responding changes build sustain both pastoralism rangelands. close with a description unresolved issues, challeng...