Agricultural heritage in disintegration: Trends of agropastoral transhumance on the southeast Tibetan Plateau

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-283

  Yi, Shaoliang ^a,b   Wu, Ning ^b   Luo, Peng ^b   Wang, Qian ^b   Shi, Fusun ^b   Zhang, Qiaoying ^b   Ma, Jianzhong ^c  

^a International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development ICIMOD   (Nepal)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c China Program The Nature Conservancy   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine pasture; Livelihood; Migration; Pastoralism; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALIZATION; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTORALISM; PASTURE; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 47549090041     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3843/SusDev.15.3:10     Document Type: Article

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