Net primary productivity (NPP) is an essential indicator of ecosystem function and
sustainability and plays a vital role in the carbon cycle, especially in arid and semiarid …

Livestock husbandry is a key indicator of economic development, environmental protection,
and food security in the world, which is vulnerable to environmental changes and economic …

The loss of land productivity is one of the key challenges facing land use policy-makers
worldwide. Pastoralist societies are particularly vulnerable to the loss of land productivity …

The SDGnexus Network (SDGNN) establishes a common research framework for the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), supporting research, networking and capacity …

This article investigates how the “constructivist turn” in public policy and international
political economy informs the interaction of global ideas and local practice in water …

Mountains are dynamic landscapes that are home to rich natural and human heritage.
However, climatic variability, globalisation and increasing ecomomic integration are making …

Degradation in the highland pastures of the Kyrgyz Republic, a small country in Central
Asia, has been reported in several studies relying on coarse spatial resolution imagery …

This paper examines the roles of the state, international organisations and the public in
pastoral land reform in the Central Asian republics and Mongolia. In recent years new …

For thousands of years, pastoralism was the primary economic resource of millions of
people, and today it is one of the major activities in many rural communities. This case study …

Traditional pastoral practices in Kyrgyzstan have been transformed into more intensive
forms of pastoral land use during the Soviet colonial period, and once again modified after …