Transition of Mountain Pastoralism: An Agrodiversity Analysis of the Livestock Population and Herding Strategies in Southeast Tibet, China

Yamaguchi, Takayoshi

doi:10.1007/s10745-010-9370-y

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“…Agricultural systems range from paddy rice agriculture in the plains and valley floors to upland rain-fed barley and wheat cultivation and yak husbandry on alpine pastures (e.g., Goldstein et al 2003;Salick et al 2005;Shen et al 2010;Tilt 2008;Yamaguchi 2011;Yi et al 2007). As in many rural areas of the world, nontimber forest products (NTFPs) play an important role for many households, both for subsistence and for cash income (e.g., Pei et al 2010).…”

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Diversification of Livelihoods in a Society in Transition: A Case Study of Tibetan Communities in Southwest China

Huber

Yang

Weckerle

et al. 2014

Society & Natural Resources

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Diversification of Livelihoods in a Society in Transition: A Case Study of Tibetan Communities in Southwest China

Huber

Yang

Weckerle

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Society & Natural Resources

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“…141-2). 89 From a general point of view, mobility -specifically the movement of people -has been found to be an important prerequisite for cooperation. The logic is as follows: imagine that you work together in a group with other herders.…”

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Arcticness

McCauley¹,

Heffron²,

Holmes³

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Like a teacher's red pen, the jagged line underneath my writing gave me an uneasy feeling. I tried to ignore it, but the overly conscientious primary school pupil in me would not let it rest: The word processor indicates a spelling error; it's unacceptable to continue, my own internal voice nagged.'Arcticness' is a term, though; and a highly useful one -as I told my word processor with the click of the mouse, 'Add to Dictionary'. Adding the suffix '-ness' denotes a state or quality -in this case, the quality of being Arctic.For those of us interested in the Arctic and, in particular, how people relate to it, a word for the 'quality of being Arctic' is a potential cause for agonisingly many jagged red lines. Although my software clearly disagreed, I am, of course, not the first to see the need for it -something to which this book bears testament. As the world is increasingly looking northwards to a region undergoing rapid change, identifying what, who or where has the 'quality of being Arctic' is high on the agenda; for actors from both near and far, their 'Arcticness' becomes a potential asset as they position themselves for Arctic futures.But what does it really mean, 'Arcticness'; what are Arctic 'qualities'? Unlike placating a spell-checker, defining what 'is' Arctic (or feeling, believing, thinking, imagining that someone/ something/ somewhere is) is not as straightforward as it may seem. The region itself is defined in numerous ways depending on topic, context and even interest; and so, determining the qualities of a region that cannot itself be fully determined provides a challenge.Given that claiming an Arctic identity may serve an instrumental purpose -for example adding to political actors' or private stakeholders' credibility -the ambiguity of Arcticness is also in part why the concept is so fascinating, not to mention so important to explore. In relations between the Arctic and non-Arctic, the claim to Arcticness potentially P r e fAC e vi becomes a political one; indeed, it may decide who falls on either side of Arctic and the prefixed 'non-'. In turn, Arcticness becomes a question of who holds rights, who holds responsibilities, and who holds 'true' knowledge of a space in rapid flux … Arcticness does not only matter for political decisions and resource extraction; it seems to have become exotic, interesting -it sells. With northern lights tours and midnight sun cruises, Arcticness is increasingly commodified. With 'Arctic' labels on anything from bottled drinks to cleaning companies, it has become a brand so ubiquitous that it is now simply part of the everyday.This has not always been the case. Having grown up in Northern Norway, the change is clear -not just climatic or economic change in the region, but a change of label. What was only a decade ago Northern Norway is now frequently referred to as 'the High North' [' nordområdene' in Norwegian, translating literally as 'the northern areas'] or the Arctic. A northern identity may now be an Arctic identity -just like our tap water is now 'Arctic wa...

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“…Wong et al (2010) and Liu et al (2009) studied vegetation integrity in Northwest China, they found the possible way to improve the vegetation in the area is reforesting. Yamaguchi (2011) found that although the damages to the ecology caused by traditional…”

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Ecological Vulnerability Evaluation in West China: Evaluate Vulnerability and Its Synergy Degree with Government Performance

Shang

Han

Yan

2017

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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In this paper, a developed PSR model based on Chinese context is established to deal with the ecological vulnerabilities in western China. Judged by the model, we find that the essential way to pre-control the vulnerabilities is to evaluate it. Then a pre-control concept model is developed to evaluate and intervene the vulnerabilities. To carry out the pre-control model, we could use a series of evaluation equations to measure the single vulnerabilities, overall vulnerabilities, vulnerability changing trends, and the synergy degrees between the western ecological vulnerabilities and the performances of the local governments. Under the guidance of the evaluation results, the local governments and other organizations could choose the proper pre-control measures from the strategy matrix to respond to varied ecological vulnerabilities.

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Transition of Mountain Pastoralism: An Agrodiversity Analysis of the Livestock Population and Herding Strategies in Southeast Tibet, China

Cited by 28 publications

References 23 publications

Diversification of Livelihoods in a Society in Transition: A Case Study of Tibetan Communities in Southwest China

Diversification of Livelihoods in a Society in Transition: A Case Study of Tibetan Communities in Southwest China

Arcticness

Ecological Vulnerability Evaluation in West China: Evaluate Vulnerability and Its Synergy Degree with Government Performance

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