Co‐management of rangelands to avoid the tragedy of the commons: experiences from highland Asia

摘要：

Rangelands in highland Asia are important to livelihoods of livestock keepers and the maintenance of ecosystem integrity.After the failure of socialist collective management of rangelands, there is an urgent need to address rangeland issues in highland Asia to deal with the loss of traditional knowledge and to cope with uncertainties.This paper highlights the option of co‐management of rangelands as a promising solution to avoid the tragedy of the commons, based on experiences from the region.Examples of successful co‐management initiatives in the region are presented‐with a detailed case study from northern Tibetan Autonomous Region ( TAR)‐to illustrate flexible options for reversing negative trends resulting from the crumbling of traditional systems and open‐access grazing, within the prevailing ecological, technical and political contexts.

关键词： rangeland co‐management highland Asia tragedy of the commons pastoral livelihood ecosystem service

作者: Yan Zhaoli Camille Richard Ann Waters-Bayer

作者单位: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development,Nepal Independent Consultant,USA ETC EcoCulture,Netherlands

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）