The role of indigenous ecological knowledge in managing rangelands sustainably in northern Iran

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ghorbani, Mehdi ^a   Azarniv, Hossein ^a   Mehrabi, Ali Akbar ^b   Jafari, Mohammad ^a   Nayebi, Hooshang ^a   Seel, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Ecological memory; Grazing management; Indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK); Iran; Pastoralists; Rangeland management; Rangeland utilization; Taleghan region

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTORALISM; RANGELAND; SUSTAINABILITY;

IRAN;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84878593239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05414-180215     Document Type: Article

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