Strategies to alleviate poverty and grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia: Intensification vs production efficiency of livestock systems

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.07.036

	Strategies to alleviate poverty and grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia: Intensification vs production efficiency of livestock systems
	Briske, David D.; Zhao, Mengli 1; Han, Guodong 1; Xiu, Changbai 1; Kemp, David R.; Willms, Walter 3; Havstad, Kris 4; Kang, Le 5; Wang, Zhongwu ; Wu, Jianguo 6,7,8; Han, Xingguo9 ; Bai, Yongfei9
	2015
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ISSN	0301-4797
卷号	152 页码:177-182
摘要	Semi-nomadic pastoralism was replaced by sedentary pastoralism in Inner Mongolia during the 1960's in response to changes in land use policy and increasing human population. Large increases in numbers of livestock and pastoralist households (11- and 9-fold, respectively) during the past 60 yrs have variously degraded the majority of grasslands in Inner Mongolia (78 M ha) and jeopardize the livelihoods of 24 M human inhabitants. A prevailing strategy for alleviating poverty and grassland degradation emphasizes intensification of livestock production systems to maintain both pastoral livelihoods and large livestock numbers. We consider this strategy unsustainable because maximization of livestock revenue incurs high supplemental feed costs, marginalizes net household income, and promotes larger flock sizes to create a positive feedback loop driving grassland degradation. We offer an alternative strategy that increases both livestock production efficiency and net pastoral income by marketing high quality animal products to an increasing affluent Chinese economy while simultaneously reducing livestock impacts on grasslands. We further caution that this strategy be designed and assessed within a social-ecological framework capable of coordinating market expansion for livestock products, sustainable livestock carrying capacities, modified pastoral perceptions of success, and incentives for ecosystem services to interrupt the positive feedback loop that exists between subsistence pastoralism and grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
关键词	Pastoralism Pastoral livelihoods Poverty trap Social-ecological systems Sustainability
学科领域	Environmental Sciences
DOI	10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.07.036
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS关键词	RANGELAND DEGRADATION ; CHINA ; MANAGEMENT ; ENVIRONMENT ; STEPPE ; ECOSYSTEMS ; PASTURE
WOS研究方向	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) ; Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
WOS记录号	WOS:000350519400021
出版者	ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
文献子类	Review
出版地	LONDON
EISSN	1095-8630
资助机构	Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Hohhot, China ; Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing ; Chinese National Key Fundamental Research and Development Fund [2007CB106800] ; Chinese National Nature Science Foundation [30860196, 31070414] ; National Key Laboratory of Grassland Science and Range Resources ; DRK ; ARS [ARS-0423561] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
作者邮箱	menglizhao@yahoo.com
引用统计	被引频次：102[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/25668
专题	植被与环境变化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Texas A&M Univ, Ecosyst Sci & Management, College Stn, TX USA 2.Inner Mongolian Agr Univ, Ecol & Environm Sci, Hohhot, Peoples R China 3.Kemp, David R.] Univ Sydney, Charles Sturt Univ, Orange, NSW, Australia 4.Agr & Agri Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada 5.USDA ARS, Jornada Expt Range, Las Cruces, NM USA 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Zool, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 7.Arizona State Univ, Sch Life Sci, Tempe, AZ USA 8.Arizona State Univ, Global Inst Sustainabil, Tempe, AZ USA 9.Inner Mongolia Univ, Sino US Ctr Conservat Energy & Sustainabil Sci, Hohhot, Peoples R China 10.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Briske, David D.,Zhao, Mengli,Han, Guodong,et al. Strategies to alleviate poverty and grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia: Intensification vs production efficiency of livestock systems[J]. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,2015,152:177-182.
APA	Briske, David D..,Zhao, Mengli.,Han, Guodong.,Xiu, Changbai.,Kemp, David R..,...&Bai, Yongfei.(2015).Strategies to alleviate poverty and grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia: Intensification vs production efficiency of livestock systems.JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,152,177-182.
MLA	Briske, David D.,et al."Strategies to alleviate poverty and grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia: Intensification vs production efficiency of livestock systems".JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 152(2015):177-182.

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