Managing China's pastoral lands: Current problems and future prospects

Land Use Policy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 129-137

  Hua, Limin ^a   Squires, Victor R ^a,b  

^a GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal husbandry; Land degradation; Pastoral land; Policy; Regulations

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; LAND DEGRADATION; PASTORALISM; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84911903777     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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