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Pastoralism in the new millennium |
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Pastoralism in the new millennium |
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INTRODUCTION: PASTORAL SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE
History and origins of pastoralism
Sources of information on pastoralism
Rangelands: opportunistic use of patchy resources
Breeding and reproduction in pastoral herds
Pastoralists and the health of their animals
Trypanosomiasis and the campaigns to eradicate tsetse
WHAT DO PASTORALISTS PRODUCE AND HOW DO THEY MARKET IT?
Hides, skins and other products
THE MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION OF VULNERABILITY
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS OF PASTORALISM
Role of women in pastoral society
Land tenure and the common property resources debate
Pastoralists and national borders
PASTORAL POPULATIONS AND RANGELANDS
Pastoralists and the environment
Competing uses of the world’s rangelands
Maintaining livestock biodiversity
Maintaining rangeland biodiversity
IMPROVING THE LIVELIHOODS OF PASTORALIST FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
WHO SHOULD ADDRESS THESE POLICIES AND ISSUES?
Pastoralists in the national, the regional and the global perspectives
Key reorientation of policy towards pastoralists
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Key trends in twentieth-century pastoralism
I: The origin of pastoral species
II: Pastoralism with monogastric species
III: Worldwide Tables of pastoral peoples
TABLES
1. Regional zonation of pastoral systems
2. Main pastoral species and management systems worldwide
3. Estimated areas of the world’s rangelands
7. Livestock products by species
9. Actual and projected meat consumption by region
10. Source of increases in world meat supply
11. Kenya rangeland livestock and wildlife population estimates: 1970s–1990s
12. Factors accelerating the erosion of livestock biodiversity
13. Key factors shaping twentieth-century pastoralism
BOXES
1. The desert in Jordan: a parking lot for herds?
4. Overgrazing in Africa’s high-altitude grasslands
5. Keeping Chukchi reindeer herds in check