Building Resilience of Human-Natural Systems of Pastoralism in the Developing World
This edited volume summarizes information about the situational context, threats, problems, challenges and solutions for sustainable pastoralism at a global scale. The book has four goals. The first goal is to summarize the information about the history,
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Building Resilience of Human-Natural Systems of Pastoralism in the Developing World Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Building Resilience of Human-Natural Systems of Pastoralism in the Developing World: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Shikui Dong • Karim-Aly S. Kassam Jean François Tourrand • Randall B. Boone Editors
Building Resilience of Human-Natural Systems of Pastoralism in the Developing World: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Editors Shikui Dong Beijing, China
Karim-Aly S. Kassam Ithaca, NY, USA
Jean François Tourrand Montpellier, France
Randall B. Boone Fort Collins, CO, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-30730-5 ISBN 978-3-319-30732-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-30732-9
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To marginalized pastoralists in the world
Acknowledgements
We express our deep thanks to esteemed Prof. Jizhou Ren, Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering, for writing the foreword for this book. We also offer our heartful thanks to Dr. James Lassoie, International Professor of Conservation at Cornell University, Dr. Dennis Ojima, Professor of Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University, Dr. Xinquan Zhao, Professor and Director of Chengdu Institute of Biology at Chinese Academy of Sciences to present the insightful commentaries for this book. We acknowledge the substantial efforts of Dr. Saini Sherestha, Mr. Zachary Romano and Ms. Sasireka Kuppan, the editors from Springer to publish the manuscript. We thank all our collaborators, including farmers/herders, professionals, practitioners, and students, who have kindly provided assistances in our field trips and book writing. We would also like to thank funding organizations, such as Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Re
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