How can the next degradation episode be prevented?

Rangeland Degradation and Recovery in China's Pastoral Lands

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 247-257

  Squires, Victor R ^a   Youlin, Yang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNCCD   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cultural homogenization; Drought; Environmental change; Future of nomadism; Intergene rational equity; Land degradation; Lessons learnt; Policy interventions; Recovery; Underlying causes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890144807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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