China has the second largest area of pastoral land in the world, and these lands and their
peoples play a very beneficial role in the global environment. Because of China's huge …

Pastoralists in western China are highly vulnerable due to harsh natural conditions and the
poor socioeconomic environment they confront. More than 50% of the pastoralists in major …

In the last decade environmental policies, particularly ecological resettlement, have
changed China's pastoral areas. This paper explores the difficulty in conserving rangeland …

Abstract Xilingol in Nei Menggu, China, has undergone major land degradation and parts
have become desert within the past few decades. The dynamic pulse of stocking rate on the …

Nomadic pastoral systems in Inner Asia are facing sweeping changes. Designing new
development models for the sustainable utilization of rangelands requires a better …

China's quest for sustainable development has given birth to a set of contested 'ecological
construction'programmes. Focusing on 'ecological resettlement', a type of policy measure in …

This chapter assesses the possibility of preventing the next degradation episode in China.
Some views about the benefits of using drylands in a sustainable way are outlined and …

En Mongolie intérieure, le gouvernement chinois a engagé la lutte contre la désertification
des steppes et la dégradation des terres. Depuis une dizaine d'années, il encourage la …

The strongholds of semi-nomadic systems in NW China are undergoing rapid evolution as
market-driven systems overtake them. New socio-economic issues have arisen which …

Background• Surging Concerns over desertification in Western China-Phenominally:
Intensified hazardous weathers with expanding geographical impact since the end of 1990s …