China’s Rangeland Management Policy Debates: What Have We learned?

Gongbuzeren,; Li, Yanbo; Li, Wenjun

doi:10.1016/j.rama.2015.05.007

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“…In China, confusion over the direction of policy has led to either inappropriate policies or poor implementation of existing policies-as, for example, in the case of rangeland policy (Gongbuzeren et al 2015). In Bhutan, central agencies continue to dominate control and allocation of natural resources.…”

Section: Emerging Institutional Ambiguity In the Shift Toward Decentrmentioning

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Governance: Key for Environmental Sustainability in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Ojha

Ghate

Dorji

et al. 2019

The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment

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Section: Emerging Institutional Ambiguity In the Shift Toward Decentrmentioning

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Governance: Key for Environmental Sustainability in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Ojha

Ghate

Dorji

et al. 2019

The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment

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“…During the last decades in the Chinese part of the AltayDzungarian region, laws and policies were implemented to intensify livestock production while reducing the rate of land degradation (Brown et al 2008;Conte and Tilt 2014;Gongbuzeren et al 2015;Hua and Squires 2015). Measures directly affecting the transhumance systems included state-sponsored fencing programmes and regulations on herd management such as herd size and duration of pasture utilization (Brown et al 2008;Yeh 2009).…”

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Spatio-temporal patterns of herbage availability and livestock movements: A cross-border analysis in the Chinese-Mongolian Altay

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Due to increasing population and the recent implementation of policies to intensify the use of land and water resources, the transhumant pastoral systems in the Chinese-Mongolian Altay-Dzungarian region are rapidly changing, leading to modifications of herd size, herd composition and spatial distribution of livestock grazing. This may have major consequences for the supply and quality of rangeland biomass. Despite similar topographic settings, the socio-political framework for Chinese and Mongolian pastoralists differs significantly, leading to differences in rangeland utilization. To substantiate these claims, the long-distance transhumance routes, frequency of pasture changes, daily grazing itineraries and size of pastures were recorded by means of GPS tracking of cattle and goats on 1,535 (China) and 1,396 (Mongolia) observation days. The status quo of the main seasonal pastures was captured by measuring the herbage offer and its nutritive value in 869 sampling spots. In the Altay-Dzungarian region, small ruminant herds covered up to 412 km (Mongolia) and grazed on up to nine pastures per year (China). In Mongolia, the herds' average duration of stay at an individual pasture was longer than in China, particularly in spring and autumn. Herbage allowance at the onset of a grazing period (kg dry matter per sheep unit and day) ranged from 34/17 to 91/95 (China/Mongolia). Comparing crude protein and phosphorous concentrations of herbage, in China, the highest concentrations were measured for spring and summer pastures, whereas in Mongolia, the highest concentrations were determined for autumn and winter pastures. Based on our data, we conclude that regulation of animal numbers and access to pastures seemingly maintained pasture productivity in China, especially at high altitudes. However, this policy may prohibit flexible adaptation to sudden environmental constraints. In contrast, high stocking densities and grazing of pastures before flowering of herbaceous plants negatively affected rangeland productivity in Mongolia, especially for spring and summer pastures.

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“…Many previous researchers have shown that these policies have effectively curbed the grassland degradation trend to some extent [79,80]. Based on remote sensing data, Mu et al [39] reported that, from 2001 to 2010, grassland increased by a total of 77,993 km 2 .…”

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An Analysis of Land-Use Change and Grassland Degradation from a Policy Perspective in Inner Mongolia, China, 1990–2015

Nacun

2018

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Land-use and land-cover changes have important effects on ecology, human systems, the environment, and policy at both global and regional scales. Thus, they are closely related to human activities. The extraction of more details about land-use change and grassland degradation is necessary to achieve future sustainable development in Inner Mongolia. The current study presents the patterns and processes of land-use changes over space and time, while also analyzing grassland degradation that is based on an analysis of land-use changes using a transition matrix, the Markov chain model and Moran’s I index, and a combination of long-time-scale remote sensing data as the data source. The major results indicate the following. (1) In 1990–2015, 13% (123,445 km2) of the total study area, including eight land-use types, changed. Woodland increased the most and moderate grassland decreased the most. (2) Grassland degradation, which occupied 2.8% of the total area of Inner Mongolia, was the major land-use conversion process before 2000, while, after 2000, 8.7% of the total area was restored; however, grassland degradation may still be the major ecological issue in Inner Mongolia. (3) Environmental protection policies show a close relationship with land-use conversion.

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China’s Rangeland Management Policy Debates: What Have We learned?

Cited by 63 publications

References 30 publications

Governance: Key for Environmental Sustainability in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Governance: Key for Environmental Sustainability in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Spatio-temporal patterns of herbage availability and livestock movements: A cross-border analysis in the Chinese-Mongolian Altay

An Analysis of Land-Use Change and Grassland Degradation from a Policy Perspective in Inner Mongolia, China, 1990–2015

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