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Understanding Community Participation in Tree Planting and Management in Deforested Areas in Cameroon’s Western Highlands
Deforestation and forest degradation continue to take place at alarming rates in Africa despite global net forest loss reductions. This is prompting...
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Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Thar Desert-Way Ahead
This chapter aims to recapture the concept and types of natural resources and the importance of sustainable development with special focus on Thar...
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Sediment Yield Modeling and Evaluation of Best Management Practices Using the SWAT Model of the Daketa Watershed, Ethiopia
High soil erosion rates, sediment transport, and loss of agricultural nutrients have been caused by poor land-use practices and management systems....
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The implications of herd entrustment practice for the sustainable use of cattle genetic resources in the (agro)-pastoral systems of West Africa: A case study from Benin
West African (agro)-pastoralists have been increasingly using extra-household labour for the management of their cattle herds. This paper seeks to...
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Governance drivers hinder and support a paradigm shift in wildfire risk management in Italy
Fire is a fundamental social-ecological process, but a combination of changing climate, land use and values at risk is increasing the incidence of...
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Smoke pollution must be part of the savanna fire management equation: A case study from Darwin, Australia
Savanna fire management is a topic of global debate, with early dry season burning promoted as a large-scale emissions reduction opportunity. To...
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Empowering Indigenous natural hazards management in northern Australia
Northern Australia is prone to recurring severe natural hazards, especially frequent cyclones, flooding, and extensive wildfires. The region is...
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Informal Institutions Moderate the Relationship Between Environmental Emotion and Grassland Governance Behavior
Clarifying the behavior motivation of herders participating in grassland governance has important theoretical and practical significance for the...
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Friendship, kinship and social risk management strategies among pastoralists in Karamoja, Uganda
This paper describes risk-pooling friendships and other social networks among pastoralists in Karamoja, Uganda. Social networks are of critical...
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Harnessing Traditional Knowledge for Wildlife Conservation in the Ladakh Trans-Himalaya
The Trans-Himalayan rangelands of India, characterised by low plant biomassbiomass, support a surprisingly high diversity of faunafauna including...
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Observation on dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) welfare and husbandry practices among nomadic pastoralists
Animal welfare is an important topic for consideration within every livestock husbandry sector. Welfare frameworks have recently been developed for...
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Map** cropland evolution based on biophysical data and crop** history in the Borana rangelands, Southern Ethiopia
Many smallholder farmers grow crops using low-intensity management in the different rangelands of Eastern Africa. This crop cultivation also...
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Puhals: Outlining the Dynamics of Labour and Hired Herding among the Gaddi Pastoralists of India
Pastoral practices throughout the world are in a state of flux, and Gaddi pastoralism in India’s Western Himalayas is no exception. Often in...
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Capitalizing Contradictoriness: Ranchers between State and Open Range – and vis-à-vis Pastoralists
The article explores and discusses findings from historical, geographical and anthropological research arguing that not simply a capitalist outlook...
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The global carbon sink potential of terrestrial vegetation can be increased substantially by optimal land management
Excessive emissions of greenhouse gases — of which carbon dioxide is the most significant component, are regarded as the primary reason for increased...
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Comparative analysis of soil organic matter fractions, lability, stability ratios, and carbon management index in various land use types within bharatpur catchment, Chitwan District, Nepal
BackgroundLand use and land cover changes have a significant impact on the dynamics of soil organic matter (SOM) and its fractions, as well as on...
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Land, sugar and pastoralism in Ethiopia: Comparing the impact of the Omo-Kuraz sugar projects on local livelihoods and food (in) security in the lower Omo Valley
This study assesses the impact of a large, state-sponsored sugar plantation scheme on agro-pastoralists’ livelihoods and local land use change in...
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Variability is not uncertainty; mobility is not flexibility: Clarifying concepts in pastoralism studies with evidence from Tajikistan
As the “new rangeland paradigm” took shape in the 1990s, climatic variability in pastoral ecosystems was often discussed as “uncertainty”, and the...
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Understanding herder’s perception and adaptation to climate change: an integrated framework
Understanding the motivation and mechanism of adaptation among herdsmen is crucial for climate change research because it can provide insights into...
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Compound hazards of climate change, forestry, and other encroachments on winter pasturelands: a storyline approach in a forest reindeer herding community in Northern Sweden
The impacts of climate change on rural cultures and livelihoods depend on how the resulting complex biophysical processes may transform people’s land...
