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Managing China's Pastoral Lands: Current Problems And Future Prospects, Victor Roy Squires Dr
Managing China's Pastoral Lands: Current Problems And Future Prospects, Victor Roy Squires Dr
Victor Roy Squires Dr
China has the second largest area of pastoral land in the world, and these lands and their peoples play a very beneficial role in the global environment. Because of China’s huge population, rate of social reform, and economic development, the pastoral ecosystems are at a critical turning point. There is a conflict between national benefit and the land users (mainly herders) benefit. This paper introduces the scale of pastoral land, the history of its management institutions, past and current projects and programs, as well as the current framework of policy and law as relevant to land management. The challenges for …
Combating Deserttification In Asia, Africa And The Middle East, Victor Roy Squires Dr
Combating Deserttification In Asia, Africa And The Middle East, Victor Roy Squires Dr
Victor Roy Squires Dr
The fight against land degradation in terrestrial ecosystems forms one of the most complex challenges with regard to the various global environmental problems. It is most intensively linked to human life quality and to current living conditions in the poorer countries of the drier biomes on earth. The concept of the combat of desertification, as rooted in the charter of the United Nations Convention to combat Desertification and Drought (UNCCD), can also be transferred to a wider sustainability agenda for the more humid ecosystems where accelerated land degradation, loss of biodiversity and vulnerability to climate change are emerging issues of …