Improving sustainable grazing management in Mountain Rangelands of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya: An innovative participatory assessment method in northern Pakistan

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 124-133

  Inam ur Rahim, ^a   Maselli, Daniel ^b  

^a Opposite Gov Degree Coll for Girls   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hindu Kush; Integrated assessment; Livestock production; Pakistan; Participatory natural resource management; Pastoralism; Rangeland

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RANGELAND; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HINDU KUSH;

EID: 3042818037     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2004)024[0124:isgmim]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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