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  Kazakh nomads, rangeland policy, and the environment in Altay: insights from new range ecology

  Department of Applied and International Economics, Massey University, 2001

  This paper considers the degree of environmental variability in an extensive pastoral area of Altay, northern Xinjiang (China); assesses the extent to which institutional arrangements are able to accommodate environmental variability, and discusses the implications of this for rangeland policy.The article finds that:there is some inter-temporal variation in rangeland productivity (in pa
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  The potential for rangeland development in Yak rearing areas of the Tibetan Plateau

  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2000

  This paper initially highlights the general characteristics of rangelands and pastoral production systems of the Tibetan Plateau.The article finds that:given the realities of life in a heterogeneous and marginal environment, the issue of secure resource tenure, both customary and legal, is fundamental for effective rangeland managementa simple shift in tenure from the communal (trad
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  Enclosure if the East African rangelands: recent trends and their impact

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1988

  This article discusses the enclosure of rangelands and registration of exclusive rights to grazing by individuals or groups of pastoralists. This trend has been increasing greatly over the last twenty years. This occurs because:it is encouraged by governments, planners and multi-lateral donor agencies in an attempt to 'rationalise'the use of rangelands.
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  Open-range management and property rights in pastoral Africa: a case of spontaneous range enclosure in South Darfur, Sudan

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1985

  The enclosure of open rangeland and its allocation to individuals or groups is a component of many African livestock development projects. In project after project, however, pastoralists have declined to fence or reallocate ownership of their land according to project specifications.
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  Traditional African range management techniques: implications for rangeland development

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1991

  A literature survey was commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to collect details on traditional African natural resource management, to investigate the survival of traditional techniques and to evaluate their potential for the development process. The study collected information on:pastoral knowledge of the physical environment (e.g.