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The aim of this book is to describe what is currently occurring in
the Mongolian grasslands, to analyze how various factors creating
environmental problems interact, and to suggest solutions for
sustainable management of the grasslands. The book has three parts.
Part I is an introduction, explaining the key concept of an
ecosystem network and providing background information on the
general features of Mongolian nomadic pastoralism as well as
distribution of vegetation in Mongolian grasslands. Part II
describes the effects of natural environmental factors and nomadic
activities on grassland conditions. Water dynamics that maintain
the grassland system are analyzed in a steppe region with shrubs
and in a forest-steppe region with trees. Part III describes the
effects of economic and social factors on land-use and the
livelihood of herders. As nomadic people moved closer to large
cities for economic advantage in the 1990s, degradation of pastures
by overgrazing resulted. Finally, the impacts of global warming and
globalization on the Mongolian society and ecosystem are examined.
This book analyzes environmental problems in Mongolian grasslands,
but the contents contribute to consideration of environmental
problems and sustainable pasture use in grassland areas worldwide.
The aim of this book is to describe what is currently occurring in
the Mongolian grasslands, to analyze how various factors creating
environmental problems interact, and to suggest solutions for
sustainable management of the grasslands. The book has three parts.
Part I is an introduction, explaining the key concept of an
ecosystem network and providing background information on the
general features of Mongolian nomadic pastoralism as well as
distribution of vegetation in Mongolian grasslands. Part II
describes the effects of natural environmental factors and nomadic
activities on grassland conditions. Water dynamics that maintain
the grassland system are analyzed in a steppe region with shrubs
and in a forest-steppe region with trees. Part III describes the
effects of economic and social factors on land-use and the
livelihood of herders. As nomadic people moved closer to large
cities for economic advantage in the 1990s, degradation of pastures
by overgrazing resulted. Finally, the impacts of global warming and
globalization on the Mongolian society and ecosystem are examined.
This book analyzes environmental problems in Mongolian grasslands,
but the contents contribute to consideration of environmental
problems and sustainable pasture use in grassland areas worldwide.
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