Negotiating the grassland: The policy of pasture enclosures and contested resource use in Inner Mongolia

Human Organization

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 374-386

  Taylor, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agro ecology; Grassland; Participation; Policy; Privatization

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LAND MANAGEMENT; PASTURE; PRIVATIZATION; RESOURCE USE; STAKEHOLDER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 33846786813     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.65.4.43nlykfuchg1cbk8     Document Type: Article

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