China's grassland contract policy and its impacts on herder ability to benefit in Inner Mongolia: Tragic feedbacks

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Li, Wenjun ^a   Huntsinger, Lynn ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Climate change; Community failure; Inner Mongolia; Pastoralism; Privatization; Property rights; Rangelands

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTRACT FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; PASTORALISM; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRIVATIZATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RANGELAND;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 79959925219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03969-160201     Document Type: Article

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