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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-611-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-611-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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
Department of Rangeland & Watershed Management, Faculty of
Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gonbad Kavous University, Gonbad Kavous, Iran
Hossein Barani
Department of Rangeland & Watershed Management, Gorgan University
of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
Ahmad Abedi Sarvestani
Faculty of Agricultural Extension and Education, Gorgan University of
Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
Mohammad Reza Shahraki
Saee Institute of Higher Education, Gorgan, Iran
Mohsen Sharafatmandrad
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Natural Resources Department, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Iran
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- Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into US public land management: Knowledge gaps and research priorities S. Souther et al.
- Linking Ecosystem Services to Social Well-Being: An Approach to Assess Land Degradation M. Sharafatmandrad & A. Khosravi Mashizi
- Analyzing the impacts of natural and anthropogenic drivers on the spatio-temporal changes of net primary production in northeastern Iran M. Gholami et al.
- Consequences of Participatory Behavior of Pastoralists on Rangeland Restoration S. Mahdavi et al.
- Assessment and monitoring of land degradation using geospatial technology in Bathinda district, Punjab, India N. Ahmad & P. Pandey
- Landscape pattern changes across alpine shrub meadows gradient in warm-season pastures on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau D. Qian et al.
- Traditional ecological knowledge based indicators for monitoring rangeland conditions in Thal and Cholistan Desert, Pakistan M. Asif et al.
- Spatio-temporal modeling of rangeland degradation in response to changing environment in the Upper Ewaso Ngiro River Basin, Kenya O. Kiana et al.
- Current vegetation structure and composition of woody species in community‐derived categories of land degradation in a semiarid rangeland in Kunene region, Namibia E. Inman et al.
- Quantifying Grass Coverage Trends to Identify the Hot Plots of Grassland Degradation in the Tibetan Plateau during 2000–2019 Y. Liu & C. Lu
- An Assessment Framework for Grassland Ecosystem Health with Consideration of Natural Succession: A Case Study in Bayinxile, China N. Wu et al.
- Spatiotemporal modeling of the value of carbon sequestration under changing land use/land cover using InVEST model: a case study of Nour-rud Watershed, Northern Iran N. Kohestani et al.
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13 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into US public land management: Knowledge gaps and research priorities S. Souther et al.
- Linking Ecosystem Services to Social Well-Being: An Approach to Assess Land Degradation M. Sharafatmandrad & A. Khosravi Mashizi
- Analyzing the impacts of natural and anthropogenic drivers on the spatio-temporal changes of net primary production in northeastern Iran M. Gholami et al.
- Consequences of Participatory Behavior of Pastoralists on Rangeland Restoration S. Mahdavi et al.
- Assessment and monitoring of land degradation using geospatial technology in Bathinda district, Punjab, India N. Ahmad & P. Pandey
- Landscape pattern changes across alpine shrub meadows gradient in warm-season pastures on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau D. Qian et al.
- Traditional ecological knowledge based indicators for monitoring rangeland conditions in Thal and Cholistan Desert, Pakistan M. Asif et al.
- Spatio-temporal modeling of rangeland degradation in response to changing environment in the Upper Ewaso Ngiro River Basin, Kenya O. Kiana et al.
- Current vegetation structure and composition of woody species in community‐derived categories of land degradation in a semiarid rangeland in Kunene region, Namibia E. Inman et al.
- Quantifying Grass Coverage Trends to Identify the Hot Plots of Grassland Degradation in the Tibetan Plateau during 2000–2019 Y. Liu & C. Lu
- An Assessment Framework for Grassland Ecosystem Health with Consideration of Natural Succession: A Case Study in Bayinxile, China N. Wu et al.
- Spatiotemporal modeling of the value of carbon sequestration under changing land use/land cover using InVEST model: a case study of Nour-rud Watershed, Northern Iran N. Kohestani et al.
- Stakeholder priorities and conceptualization of One Health: Insights from fuzzy cognitive mapping and grounded theory E. Griffith et al.
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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.
The study deals with incorporating indigenous ecological knowledge alongside scientific...
