Better land stewardship: An economic and environmental imperative, if there is to be sustainable development

Rangeland Stewardship in Central Asia: Balancing Improved Livelihoods, Biodiversity Conservation and Land Protection

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 31-50

  Squires, Victor ^a,b  

^a GITEC Consulting GMBH   (Germany)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biosophysical approach; Ecological goods and services; Ecology; Economics; Farming systems; Geobotanic survey; Interconnectedness; Intergenerational equity; Land degradation; Land tenure systems; Land users views; Landlessness; Rangeland based industries; Sociocultural; Stewardship priorities; Sustainable land management; WOCAT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956515641     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5367-9_2     Document Type: Chapter

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