Social interaction effect of rotational grazing and its policy implications for sustainable use of grassland: Evidence from pastoral areas in Inner Mongolia and Gansu, China

Shi, Yuxing; Cai, Yu; Zhao, Minjuan

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105734

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“…The vegetation changes in the Xilin Gol League have the following characteristics: (1) The study area has obvious greening as a whole, but the greening degree is limited.…”

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Remote Sensing Monitoring of the Spatial Pattern of Greening and Browning in Xilin Gol Grassland and Its Response to Climate and Human Activities

Hui

Chen

et al. 2022

Remote Sensing

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As a unique ecosystem with multiple ecological functions but high fragility, grassland in arid areas is very vulnerable to changes in the natural environment or human activities, resulting in various ecological and environmental problems. In order to study the degree and spatial extent of the influence of climatic conditions and human activities, especially mining activities, on grasslands in arid regions, we used remote sensing data to monitor the vegetation of the Xilin Gol grassland over a long period. The significant greening and browning areas of Xilin Gol grassland vegetation from 2000 to 2020 were extracted by a time series analysis. At the same time, the correlation analysis method was used to obtain the response of the Xilin Gol grassland vegetation to climatic factors and social and economic factors. In addition, we propose a new method based on buffer analysis and correlation analysis to calculate the influence range of vegetation degradation due to mining. We used this method to determine the influence range of vegetation degradation in the main mining area of the Xilin Gol grassland. The results showed that the vegetation condition of the Xilin Gol grassland were slightly improved from 2000 to 2020. Its vegetation was significantly affected by precipitation, and more than 50% of the area’s vegetation changes were highly correlated with precipitation changes. However, the area with the most serious vegetation degradation was mainly affected by human factors, and this part accounted for about 0.13% of the total area. In the form of direct damage and indirect effects (pulling population and economic growth to expand built-up areas), coal mining has become the main driving factor in the most significant areas of vegetation damage in the study area. Vegetation coverage in areas with significant greening and significant browning was highly correlated with economic factors, indicating that the vegetation changes were significantly affected by economic development. This study can reflect the vegetation changes and main driving factors in the overall and key areas of the Xilin Gol League and is a meaningful reference for the local balance of economic development and environmental protection.

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“…The vegetation changes in the Xilin Gol League have the following characteristics: (1) The study area has obvious greening as a whole, but the greening degree is limited.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Grassland is the largest ecosystem in China, occupying 40% of China's land area [1]. The grassland ecosystem has many ecological functions, such as water conservation, organic matter production, and nutrient recycling [2].…”

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Remote Sensing Monitoring of the Spatial Pattern of Greening and Browning in Xilin Gol Grassland and Its Response to Climate and Human Activities

Hui

Chen

et al. 2022

Remote Sensing

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“…In pastoral areas, grazing methods are transformed from prohibition to sustainable grazing methods, such as rotational grazing and balanced grazing. Continuously improving grazing methods are also pushed through policy incentives [51,52].…”

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Temporal and Spatial Variation of Agricultural and Pastoral Production in the Eastern Section of the Agro-Pastoral Transitional Zone in Northern China

Zhang,

Hao,

Qin

2024

Agriculture

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The agro-pastoral transitional zone in northern China is an important agricultural and pastoral production base. This study focuses on the eastern section of the agro-pastoral transitional zone in northern China. Combined with spatio-temporal analysis, stepwise regression, and gray relation analysis, we analyzed the average annual growth rate, spatio-temporal changes, and influencing factors of agricultural and pastoral production in the study area during 2000–2020. The results show that, in the past 20 years, the agricultural and pastoral production of the 50 municipal districts and counties has significantly changed, among which the agricultural production of 38 municipal districts and counties has shown an extremely significant increase. Generally, the growth rate of agricultural production is higher than that of pastoral production. Agricultural and pastoral production in the study area is influenced by socio-economic and land use/cover factors, with an average correlation degree of 0.79 and 0.88, respectively. Climate change affects agricultural production in agricultural counties, with a correlation degree of 0.85. The results of this research provide valuable insights into understanding the long-term temporal and spatial changes in agricultural and pastoral production and help to develop sound agriculture and pastoral management practices in the eastern section of the agro-pastoral transitional zone in Northern China.

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“…Compensating herdsmen who stop grazing in prohibited areas (including grasslands that were severely degraded and highly valued in water conservation and grassland protected areas); rewarding herdsmen who reduced their grazed livestock according to grassland productivity; subsidizing for production machinery, fine grass seeds, and livestock breeds. [40,47,48] Note: in the first column, RGLG means Returning Grazing Land to Grassland, FLB means Forage-Livestock Balance, HSP means Herdsmen Settlement Project, and SISGC means Subsidy and Incentive System for Grassland Conservation.…”

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Forage Supply–Demand Assessment and Influencing Factor Analysis from the Perspective of Socio-Ecological System: A Case Study of Altay Prefecture, China

Yang

Nan

et al. 2023

Land

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The provision and utilization of grassland resources connect grassland ecosystems and pastoral society. Revealing the mechanism behind the forage supply–demand relationship and balancing forage supply and demand is essential in pastoral socio-ecological systems. Taking Altay Prefecture as the case study, this study quantified the dynamics of natural forage supply, artificial supplemental forage, and forage demand. The ratio of forage supply to demand was calculated in the traditional grazing scenario and the grazing prohibition and supplemental feeding scenario. The results showed that during 2001–2018, the forage supplied by natural grasslands fluctuated, with the highest and lowest values in 2013 and 2008, respectively. The artificial supplemental forage increased at a higher rate in 2011–2018 than in 2001–2010. The overall trend of forage demand was upward, at approximately 2.98 × 104 t/a. The ratio of forage supply to demand decreased in the traditional scenario with an average value of 0.4717 and increased in the grazing prohibition and supplemental feeding scenario with an average value of 0.8289. The influencing factors were analyzed from the perspective of the interactions between the socio-ecological system elements, and the forage supply–demand relationships were conceptualized based on the social–ecological system framework. This study concludes that natural grasslands cannot entirely meet the increasing forage demand without artificial supplemental forage. The increasing artificial supplemental forage has promoted a balance between forage supply and demand, indicating an optimized grassland utilization pattern. The factors that affect forage supply–demand relationships are interrelated, and a holistic perspective should be adopted when implementing management measures.

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Social interaction effect of rotational grazing and its policy implications for sustainable use of grassland: Evidence from pastoral areas in Inner Mongolia and Gansu, China

Cited by 23 publications

References 54 publications

Remote Sensing Monitoring of the Spatial Pattern of Greening and Browning in Xilin Gol Grassland and Its Response to Climate and Human Activities

Remote Sensing Monitoring of the Spatial Pattern of Greening and Browning in Xilin Gol Grassland and Its Response to Climate and Human Activities

Temporal and Spatial Variation of Agricultural and Pastoral Production in the Eastern Section of the Agro-Pastoral Transitional Zone in Northern China

Forage Supply–Demand Assessment and Influencing Factor Analysis from the Perspective of Socio-Ecological System: A Case Study of Altay Prefecture, China

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