Rangeland degradation assessment: a new strategy based on the ecological knowledge of indigenous pastoralists

Behmanesh, Bahareh; Barani, Hossein; Sarvestani, Ahmad Abedi; Shahraki, Mohammad Reza; Sharafatmandrad, Mohsen

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-611-2016

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-611-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-611-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

Research article

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18 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 18 Apr 2016

Rangeland degradation assessment: a new strategy based on the ecological knowledge of indigenous pastoralists

Bahareh Behmanesh, Hossein Barani, Ahmad Abedi Sarvestani, Mohammad Reza Shahraki, and Mohsen Sharafatmandrad

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Final revised paper (published on 18 Apr 2016)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C1362: 'Rangeland degradation assessment: a new strategy based on indigenous ecological knowledge of pastoralists', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Nov 2015
- RC C1492: 'Rangeland degradation assessment: a new strategy based on indigenous ecological knowledge of pastoralists', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Dec 2015
  - AC C1991: 'Response to referee', Mohsen Sharafatmandrad, 09 Mar 2016
- AC C1990: 'Response to referee', Mohsen Sharafatmandrad, 09 Mar 2016
RC C1625: 'Comment on "Rangeland degradation assessment: a new strategy based on indigenous ecological knowledge of pastoralists"', Anonymous Referee #3, 25 Dec 2015
- AC C1992: 'Response to referee', Mohsen Sharafatmandrad, 09 Mar 2016

Short summary

The study deals with incorporating indigenous ecological knowledge alongside scientific knowledge to identify and test rangeland degradation indicators for two sites in Golestan National Park, NE Iran. The area pastoralists are asked to introduce and test rangeland degradation indicators and to assess degradation on their own rangelands. The final analysis identified 17 indicators that are usable by the pastoralists themselves and could be integrated into land degradation assessment plans.