Past stereotypes of indigenous pastoralists as ignorant and environmentally destructive are being revised as ecological and social science research advances. As yet, little documentation of pastoralists' ecological knowledge exists, and even less is known about how this knowledge is, or can be, applied to resource management. This paper outlines the ecological knowledge of Mongolian nomadic pas...

Culture of honor (COH) theory [Nisbett, R. E., & Cohen, D. (1996). Culture of honor: The psychology of violence in the south. Boulder, CO: Westview Press] predicts that the importance of upholding one’s reputation is cross-culturally variable: Revenge should be more prevalent in herding societies than in farming societies, and should be entirely absent in foraging societies. This study was desi...

This paper sets out to examine the impact on health of a key aspect of the semi-nomadic lifestyle, namely geographic mobility. The relevant literature suggests that seasonal migrations of pastoralists tend to increase the risk of a poor health. Highlighted in this paper is an inverse association between spatial mobility and health status among the herders of rural Mongolia. Two types of mobilit...

In 2011, the Grassland Ecological Conservation Subsidy and Reward Policy (GECSRP) was implemented in China. The purpose of implementing policy to protect grassland ecosystems, secure supply livestock products, increase income herders. Through quantitative research data collection methods, based on analysis comparison effects GECSRP before after its implementation 2011 ecology, production, herde...

The 1993 and 1995 Oslo accords resulted in the classification of the West Bank into three zones, referred to as Areas A, B and C. Area A is under Palestinian civil and security authority; Area B is under the Palestinian Authority while security responsibilities are shared by both the Israeli and the Palestinian authorities. Area C which comprises around 60 percent of the West Bank is under Isra...

Reindeer herding is both a traditional livelihood and business still practiced in the northern parts of Eurasia. In Nordic countries, reindeer has contributed to keeping remote areas inhabited while maintaining Indigenous cultures. herders have also been able adapt new circumstances, many them invested value-adding production or secondary occupations, such as tourism. The main challenge for los...

This study was designed to examine the factors influencing movement or changing of herding routes among herders in North – Eastern corridor Northern and Northeast Regions Ghana. The followed a cross-sectional descriptive survey research design adopted Poison Negative Binomial regression Models. A total 210 Fulani seven community/opinion leaders from communities across four (4) districts were ra...

This study examined globalization and insecurity in North Central Nigeria with specific reference to farmer-herders conflict National Security Nigeria. The researcher used primary data from a sample of 300 respondents obtained by the use structured questionnaire areas. Inferential descriptive statistics such as linear regression analysis was examine effect independent variables on dependent var...

Grasslands have critically important ecological and economic values while most of them been suffering from various degrees degradation in China due to overgrazing. The “Forage-Livestock Balance” (FLB) policy has implemented for more than a decade, aims balance the relationship between forage productivity grazing consumption grasslands by livestock. According review statistical data literatures ...