Pastoralism and the Green Economy - A Natural Nexus? - Briefing Note Pastoralism and the Green Economy - A Natural Nexus? IUCN and UNEP, Nairobi.McCarthy, N., and Swallow, B. 2000. "Property Rights,... UNE Programme 被引量: 35发表: 2014年 ...
Nomadic pastoralism is often practiced in semiarid ecosystems, where green pastures are either patchy and widely dispersed or dramatically limited by seasonal drought. In transhumant, seminomadic, and nomadic pastoralists, “spatial mobility is regularly employed as a survival strategy” (Dyson-Hudson ...
Why pastoralism and why now? Pastoralism is the most widespread land use worldwide.1, 2, 3 Present in over 100 countries through all inhabited continents (Figure 1), its extent may be up to 60% of the world's terrestrial area—but see4,5 for gaps and uncertainties in estimates. With ...
Pastoralism in the USA began coincidently with the initiation of profound ecological change resulting from colonization in the sixteenth century. Relationships between pastoralism and wildlife conservation in three different contexts of land tenure, envi
Pastoralism in the USA began coincidently with the initiation of profound ecological change resulting from colonization in the sixteenth century. Relationships between pastoralism and wildlife conservation in three different contexts of land tenure, envi
preferred economy, epistemology, and spatio-political organisation. The Ovambanderu and Ovaherero speak the same language, and both live a pastoral way of life and practise the same pattern of land and livestock management (Almagor1980). In spite of these similarities, they have maintained two ...
The beef sub-sector transcends many other sectors of the economy and contributes about 80 % to the overall agricultural gross domestic product (GDP). Under the dominant communal extensive grazing system, livestock, particularly cattle, are more than just a tradable commodity - they are an integral...
production systems, but these are difficult to quantify in complex dryland ecosystems and are trumped by economics and political processes. However, wildlife provides the foundation for a bio-experience economy that has a decided comparative economic advantage over agro-extractive commodity production (...
caused by a variety of factors ranging from the commoditisation of the pastoral economy to villagisation policies (cf.Fratkin 1997). Sedentarisation has been particularly influenced by declines in unfenced land available to pastoralists and their livestock after the widespread privatisation and enclosu...
Through such support, Mary Amekwi, who is a farmer allied to the group said that she has a half-acre land where she produces cowpeas, spinach, green grams, tomatoes, kales, and watermelon after being given seeds from PanAfricare that are now her source of income and food. ...