National parks have implemented restrictive measures on human activities to protect the ecological environment, which has changed livelihood dependence and strategies of farmers herders. Exploring impact well-being herdsmen within national park construction area can help better develop intervention achieve sustainable livelihoods for A total 329 herders in Qilian Mountain Park China were invest...

Empirical data on resilience in social-ecological systems (SESs) are reviewed from local and regional scale case studies among full-time nomads in the neighboring Nenets and Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, Russia. The focus is on critical cultural factors contributing to SES resilience. In particular, this work presents an integrated view of people situated in specific tundra landscapes that fa...

In this paper, we discuss a voting model in which voters can obtain information from a finite number of previous voters. There exist three groups of voters: (i) digital herders and independent voters, (ii) analog herders and independent voters, and (iii) tanh-type herders. In our previous paper Hisakado andMori (2011), we used themean field approximation for case (i). In that study, if the refe...

This paper presents research findings on the contemporary practices and socio-cultural traditions of transhumant agro-pastoralism (TAP) in Bhutan. Despite the widespread practice of TAP in Bhutan, there has been limited research on the nature of the practice and associated socio-cultural traditions. Qualitative research methods were used to interview 24 migrating households and nine relevant ag...

The 1986 Chernobyl fallout had dramatic consequences for traditional reindeer husbandry in central and southern Norway, and also for many farmers in these areas. In end July 1986 the Government therefore passed a principal resolution stating that every producer should be economically compensated for all losses due to measures introduced by the authorities because of the Chernobyl deposition. By...

Small−holder farming in semi−arid areas is being forced to change to compensate for the needs of more people living under conditions of increasingly variable rainfall. As more land is used for agriculture, rangeland areas are reduced, so limiting the availability of animal fodder. The length of fallow periods where soil fertility may be restored is also reduced. This has forced herders and farm...

The magnitude of the challenge to stabilize greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere and limit average temperature increases makes it imperative that the contributions of all sectors with significant mitigation potential be tapped to the fullest extent possible. Agriculture is recognized as a sector with such potential and farmers, ranchers, herders and other land users around the ...

Top-down grassland conservation policies are widely used to protect ecosystems from degradation in developing counties. However, an inability meet local herders’ preferences when implementing such ecological may weaken their outcomes. Using a choice experiment design, this paper evaluated willingness accept (WTA) different possible implementations of grazing ban policy, which is ongoing but inf...

The agro-pastoral ecotone is an ecologically fragile region where drought the main factor influencing land use and livelihoods. In this paper, we took two farmer villages herder in Ar Horqin Banner, located of northwestern China, as research areas, conducted participatory rural appraisal questionnaire survey to analyze responses land-use changes its disparate impact on livelihoods farmers herde...

Abstract A study was conducted to assess the effects of Royal Highland Festival (RHF) from perspective yak herders in Laya, Bhutan. Sixty-six respondents were randomly selected amongst domicile who regular visitors festival. survey carried out through a questionnaire with mixed questions. Herders’ opinions suggest good progress RHF as reflected by improved community vitality and networking stak...