Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 904 g
Balancing Improved Livelihoods, Biodiversity Conservation and Land Protection
Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 904 g
ISBN: 978-94-007-5366-2
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Zielgruppe
Graduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Biodiversität
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
- Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
Weitere Infos & Material
Foreword.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- List of Tables.- List of figures.- List of Boxes.- PART 1 The Context.- 1. Central Asia’s Bio-Physical Context: Key Features, Challenges, Responses and Opportunities.- 2. Better land stewardship: an economic and environmental imperative if there is to be sustainable development.- 3. Evolution of land use in nomadic culture in Central Asia with special reference to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.- PART 2 Land stewardship: from concept to practice.- 4. Land stewardship in practice – An example from the Eastern Pamirs of Tajikistan.- 5. Better land stewardship to avert poverty and land degradation in Afghanistan.- 6. Extensive Livestock Production: Afghanistan’s Kuchi herders, risks to and strategies for their survival.- 7. Constraints and barriers to better land stewardship: analysis of PRAs in Tajikistan.- PART 3 Protecting Rural livelihoods: the key to land stewardship.- 8. Rural livelihoods in Tajikistan: what factors and policies influence the income and well-being of rural families.- 9. Livestock management problems and policies in Tajikistan: implications for land stewardship.- 10. Rangeland-based livestock: a vital sub sector under threat in Tajikistan.- PART 4 Creating the enabling environment.- 11. Pastoral Tenure in Central Asia: theme and variation in the five former Soviet republics.- 12. Governance and the role of institutions in sustainable development.- 13. Land Tenure Reform in Tajikistan: Implications For Land Stewardship and Social Sustainability: A Case study.- PART 5 Land protection.- 14. Engaging with land users; the first steps on a long road.- 15. Fostering community-based stewardship of wildlife in Central Asia: transforming snow leopards from pests into valued assets.- 16. Participatory Management of Desert Rangelands to Improve Food Security and Sustain the Natural Resource Base in Uzbekistan.- PART 6 Where to from here?.- 17. Internationalperspectives on legislative and administrative reforms as an aid to better land stewardship in Central Asia.- 18. Conclusions and a way forward.- Glossary of terms.- List of abbreviations and acronyms.- Index.