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Desertification Reasons, Endangering And Tendency In China's Land, Yongjie Shi, Fuping Tian, Yuan Lu, Qing Song
Desertification Reasons, Endangering And Tendency In China's Land, Yongjie Shi, Fuping Tian, Yuan Lu, Qing Song
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
No abstract provided.
Improving Land Productivity And Sustainability By Developing Lucerne And Livestock Production In Huanxian County, Gansu Province, China, Fuzhong Zhang, Guifeng Hou, Tingyu Duan, Shenghua Chang
Improving Land Productivity And Sustainability By Developing Lucerne And Livestock Production In Huanxian County, Gansu Province, China, Fuzhong Zhang, Guifeng Hou, Tingyu Duan, Shenghua Chang
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
No abstract provided.
Ecological Pratacultural Construction And Sustainable: Development Strategies In Guizhou, Bentian Mo, Changsong Feng, Xinshi Lu
Ecological Pratacultural Construction And Sustainable: Development Strategies In Guizhou, Bentian Mo, Changsong Feng, Xinshi Lu
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
No abstract provided.
Evaluation Of Impacts Of Livestock Grazing Intensity On Plant Biodiversity In The Western Chang Tang National Natural Reserve, Tibet, China, Tsechoe Dorji, L. J. Fox, C. E. Richard
Evaluation Of Impacts Of Livestock Grazing Intensity On Plant Biodiversity In The Western Chang Tang National Natural Reserve, Tibet, China, Tsechoe Dorji, L. J. Fox, C. E. Richard
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
No abstract provided.
Grassland Resource In Hebei Province Of China, Hailiang Yu, Minyun Xu, Lianshu Li, Yunqi Li, Jiaxiang Li, Jinshan Gen, Haiyan Yang
Grassland Resource In Hebei Province Of China, Hailiang Yu, Minyun Xu, Lianshu Li, Yunqi Li, Jiaxiang Li, Jinshan Gen, Haiyan Yang
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
No abstract provided.
Photosynthesis And Transpiration Of Chicory With Different Irrigation Treatments In Beijing, Lin Meng, Yingjun Zhang, Peichun Mao, Guofang Zhang
Photosynthesis And Transpiration Of Chicory With Different Irrigation Treatments In Beijing, Lin Meng, Yingjun Zhang, Peichun Mao, Guofang Zhang
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
No abstract provided.
Study On The Water Use Of Chicory In Beijing Of China, Lin Meng, Yingjun Zhang, Peichun Mao, Guofang Zhang
Study On The Water Use Of Chicory In Beijing Of China, Lin Meng, Yingjun Zhang, Peichun Mao, Guofang Zhang
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
No abstract provided.
Sustainable Recultivation And Land Use On Karst Regions--Shrub System, Z. Q. Lai, S, M. Qin, Y. R. Chen, S. Z. Qin, M. Pogacnik, X. F. Yi, N. Yao, Y. L. Liang, D. Kompan, X. Su
Sustainable Recultivation And Land Use On Karst Regions--Shrub System, Z. Q. Lai, S, M. Qin, Y. R. Chen, S. Z. Qin, M. Pogacnik, X. F. Yi, N. Yao, Y. L. Liang, D. Kompan, X. Su
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
No abstract provided.
Sustainable Recultivation And Land Use On Karst Regions--Pasture System, Z. Q. Lai, Y. R. Chen, M. Pogacnik, S. Z. Qin, X. F. Yi, N. Yao, Y. L. Liang, J. H. Deng, X. F. Zhang, B. Zhang, H. J. Zhong, D. Kompan, X. J. Lu, X. Su, D. Y. Shen
Sustainable Recultivation And Land Use On Karst Regions--Pasture System, Z. Q. Lai, Y. R. Chen, M. Pogacnik, S. Z. Qin, X. F. Yi, N. Yao, Y. L. Liang, J. H. Deng, X. F. Zhang, B. Zhang, H. J. Zhong, D. Kompan, X. J. Lu, X. Su, D. Y. Shen
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
No abstract provided.
Grasslands Are My Home: An Innovative Primary School Program Developed For Remote Chinese Villages, Limin Hua, Victor Squires, Chengzhang Zhao
Grasslands Are My Home: An Innovative Primary School Program Developed For Remote Chinese Villages, Limin Hua, Victor Squires, Chengzhang Zhao
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
Environmental education is a useful tool for changing the mind-set of people and it has been developed over many years and in many countries. This paper reports the environmental education program funded by World Bank/GEF pastoral development project in northwest China. The involved writing training materials for students and teachers, teaching in classroom, practicing in filed, and interactions with parents. The purpose of the environmental education program was training a student to influence the whole family, educate a class and help manage a community. The result showed that the environmental education program had positive impact on student attitudes toward environmental …
The Role Modelling And Farming Systems Research Can Play In Redesigning Grazing Systems For Improved Productivity And Environmental Sustainability, Angela Avery, Kate Sargeant, Michael A. Friend, Ralph Behrendt, Paul Sanford, Craig Beverly, Cameron Allen, David L. Michalk
The Role Modelling And Farming Systems Research Can Play In Redesigning Grazing Systems For Improved Productivity And Environmental Sustainability, Angela Avery, Kate Sargeant, Michael A. Friend, Ralph Behrendt, Paul Sanford, Craig Beverly, Cameron Allen, David L. Michalk
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
Achieving production and natural resource outcomes from farming systems is critical with growing demand for livestock products, increasing pressure on land and water resources and the desire of farmers to improve profit and standard of living. In many countries this brings to the fore a number of policy dilemmas and conflicts in terms of pastoral household livelihood, regional economic growth and development, as well as natural resource management. By using two case studies; (1) Temperate Grasslands in Southern Australia (EverGraze project); and (2) Western Grasslands in North West China (ACIAR project), this paper considers how farming systems can be redesigned …
Adaptation To Changing Institutional, Market And Bio-Physical Environments: The Case Of China’S Grasslands, Colin G. Brown, Scott A. Waldron, John W. Longworth
Adaptation To Changing Institutional, Market And Bio-Physical Environments: The Case Of China’S Grasslands, Colin G. Brown, Scott A. Waldron, John W. Longworth
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
In the modern world, small pastoral herder households living on grasslands in countries such as China face major challenges in adapting to changes in their institutional, market and bio-physical environments. In China, these changes have been profound over the last 30 years. Herders, their communities and others dependent on the grasslands have responded to these developments but not always as might be expected. In this paper, the sources of the macro-forces in China that have created the pressure for change at the grass roots are outlined and the micro-adjustments made by herders and others in response to these pressures are …
Impacts Of 1.5 °C And 2 °C Global Warming On Net Primary Productivity And Carbon Balance In China’S Terrestrial Ecosystems, Li Yu, Fengxue Gu, Mei Huang, Bo Tao, Man Hao, Zhaosheng Wang
Impacts Of 1.5 °C And 2 °C Global Warming On Net Primary Productivity And Carbon Balance In China’S Terrestrial Ecosystems, Li Yu, Fengxue Gu, Mei Huang, Bo Tao, Man Hao, Zhaosheng Wang
Plant and Soil Sciences Faculty Publications
Assessing potential impacts of 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming and identifying the risks of further 0.5 °C warming are crucial for climate adaptation and disaster risk management. Four earth system models in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) and a process-based ecosystem model are used in this study to assess the impacts and potential risks of the two warming targets on the carbon cycle of China’s terrestrial ecosystems. Results show that warming generally stimulates the increase of net primary productivity (NPP) and net ecosystem productivity (NEP) under both representative concentration pathway (RCP) 4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios. …
Herders’ Forage-Livestock Decision Behavior In Northern Grassland Regions Of China, Xiangyang Hou, Yanting Yin, Tingting Wang
Herders’ Forage-Livestock Decision Behavior In Northern Grassland Regions Of China, Xiangyang Hou, Yanting Yin, Tingting Wang
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
China has approximately 393 million hectares of grasslands, accounting for 41.7% of the national land area. However, 90% of useable grasslands are degraded because of human and natural reasons. Overgrazing was the dominant factor affecting grassland condition. In order to control the grassland degradation problems, the government has proposed the „forage-livestock balance‟ policy in 2002. A series of ecological policies were (Hou et al., 2013) and outcomes have been described as a “partial improvement amidst overall deterioration”. Reasons for apparent failure of the policy have been the subject of much discussion over the years. However, there has been a …
Strategies On Poisonous Plants Problem In China, Xinlei Gao, Mengli Zhao, Jing Wang, Bin Han, Walter D. Willms
Strategies On Poisonous Plants Problem In China, Xinlei Gao, Mengli Zhao, Jing Wang, Bin Han, Walter D. Willms
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
Poisonous plants are widely distributed on large areas of native grasslands of China, causing livestock poisoning and grassland degradation, which severely impacts the development of animal husbandry. Of the almost 300 poisonous species that are responsible for livestock losses in China, locoweed, drunken horse grass and Langdu cause the greatest impact. Many strategies have been developed to minimise the impact of poisonous plants including the treatment of livestock that have been poisoned, controlling poisonous plants and managing livestock grazing. Both physical and chemical traditional methods are still used to eliminate poisonous plants while biological control using specific insects may eventually …
Relationship Between Soil Chemical And Physical Properties And Vegetation In The Latest Decade Of Alpine Grasslands Of Southern Qinghai, China, Sachiko Idota, Jiahua Yang, Manabu Tobisa, Xiaoqin Li, Guomei Li, Rende Song, Haizhu Li, Nobumi Hasegawa, Masahiro Tasumi, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Aya Nishiwaki, Yasuyuki Ishii
Relationship Between Soil Chemical And Physical Properties And Vegetation In The Latest Decade Of Alpine Grasslands Of Southern Qinghai, China, Sachiko Idota, Jiahua Yang, Manabu Tobisa, Xiaoqin Li, Guomei Li, Rende Song, Haizhu Li, Nobumi Hasegawa, Masahiro Tasumi, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Aya Nishiwaki, Yasuyuki Ishii
IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)
The Tibetan Plateau is one of the most important ecosystems in the world (Yang et al. 2009), particularly because of the global importance of its climate (Tian et al. 2008; Wang et al. 2008). Grassland ecosystems on the plateau are sensitive to global change, because the plateau is located in marginal land areas where the growth and distribution of plants depend heavily on local climatic conditions (Zhang et al. 1996). The alpine grassland of Qinghai Province in China has been traditionally used for extensive grazing by sheep and yak (Bos grunniens), but is now degraded from …