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how the issues around pastoral livelihoods and rangeland management in the Himalayan region are entangled across social, political and ecological dimensions. However, instead of only being impacted by ... as proposed solutions from the policymakers should be tailored according to the particular social, political and ecological contexts. Other than the issues given prominence in this special issue, the
Animal husbandry of agropastoral communities in the mountainous region of Leh, Ladakh, has been transformed in response to socio-economic and geo-political changes. This study investigates the ... political conditions (Rhoades and Thompson 1975; Kreutzmann 1993, 2012; Uhlig 1995; Nüsser et al. 2012a, b; Aryal et al. 2018) . Agropastoralism has benefitted the integrated mountain agricultural system
explored, with a view to unveiling the rationale inspiring the networks through which camel milk is transacted, and the related socially-regulated arrangements and practices. The social and political ... -reliability approach to operating under conditions of volatility and uncertainty. Political economy matters will have a significant influence on the evolution of this important enterprise. Adequate investments
. Instead, our research shows the changing nature of pastoralist conflicts is a consequence of multi-layered causes/actors and evolving state policies—in short, a consequence of a wider political and economic ... studies have provided an alternative account. For them, the so-called inter-group (pastoral) conflict is the result of the weak bargaining power of the new regional political parties, whose power within the
themes: (i) physical (geographic isolation and access), (ii) political (discriminatory/marginalized status, poor transport system, lack of infrastructure, and little political status to improve their lives ... needs of nomadic pastoralist populations, R/MHCSs must be available, accessible, acceptable, and affordable through political, economic, geographic, and socio-culturally sensitive approaches. Low
The pastoral practices of the Dokpa herders of North Sikkim have been transforming in response to the geo-political and socio-economic changes in the region. Against the backdrop of these changes ... understand the current rangeland management practices of the Dokpa community; (ii) to examine the social, political and ecological stresses to continuity of traditional pastoral livelihoods; and (iii) to
together2—parts that the philosophical and political thinking of the Enlightenment and colonial era categorically separate as “civilization” and “wilderness”. Why a renewed concern with ranching for the ... management, but as a historical formation that as a subject of historians and geographers has not been tightly connected to the study of pastoralism (but see Ingold 1980) . In a political and cultural
political decision, rather than a purely academic one, something referred to as “the politics of scale”. We believe the insights from North American range science are also valid for Finnmark. Thus, whereas ... still elusive political goals of Sámi self-determination and inclusive co-management of natural resources. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at https
, political and biological events difficult to separate. Nonetheless, the study of zoonotic diseases in the Horn of Africa region is often on outbreaks triggered by endemic diseases with little investigation ... village settings under tree shades in communal open spaces that are often customary spots for public gatherings and socio-political gatherings. This created an atmosphere of openness, and people
political ecology of pastoral land tenure . Land Use Policy 76 : 708 - 718 . https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.landusepol. 2018 . 02 .054. Bogdanov , V.D. , and M.G. Golovatin . 2017 . Anthrax on Yamal: Ecological ... in Russia: an effect of the political context or of climate? Rangifer 32 ( 1 ): 19 - 33 . https://doi. org/10.7557/2.32.1.2234. Kryazhimskiy , F.V. , K.V. Maklakov , L.M. Morozova , and S.N. Ektova
traditional methods of observing land and livestock. However, various obstructions are surfacing in a political landscape in which local knowledge holders are not always able to put their knowledge and ... cultural change. A third theoretical piece critical to our argument is that of political ecology, which provides a lens to explore the impediments and disruptions shaping knowledge continuity, erosion and
that are modelled less often are the ones that concern the social, economic, and political dynamics of pastoral systems, including the role of the market and relations between pastoralists and other ... larger collectives generally represent kin, ethnic, or political groups, and membership of these groups affects access to resources (e.g. Cioffi-Revilla, Rogers, and Latek 2010) . The goals of the agents
aspects of reindeer pastoralism b) Assess the diversity of conditions, both natural, economic, cultural and socio-political, in which herding communities manage their livelihood c) Find out what are the ... sites, etc.) and the perpetuation of local knowledge constitute the intangible side of landscapes crucial in the understanding of socio-political territorial issues of reindeer husbandry (Cogos et al
a layer of complexity to this, particularly as social and political changes put increasing pressure on what have been predominantly malecustomary institutions and ultimately make them more equitable ... : Integrating a political-economy and social-ecological approach to regime shifts . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 ( 4 ): 1313 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerp h17041313
phenomenon of passionate interest to me - ranching - the intertwined relationship of landscapes, livestock and livelihoods, and the community and political economy in which they are embedded. In this volume
. At the same time, the political and geographical marginalization of pastoralists is both a cause and a consequence of ill-founded policies. Wrong-headed institutionalization of community-based resource ... histories and cognitive recitals that lead to the production of territories. We thus consider that a territory is not necessarily a bounded space under the sovereignty of a political power (Agnew 1994
‘treatments’ in their political and socio-economic environments. I use ‘environment’ here in the sense that Wagner (2013) critically adapts for her ethnographic work with the Gaddis, as a ‘process’ which is ... environments. This includes their historical contexts, their community identities and their socio-political situations. Methodology This article is primarily a critical discourse analysis based on a review of
framework in which institutions, collective action, community-based natural resource management and political ecology all intersect. Chapter 1 then goes on to sketch the study area, its people and their
connection of the local anthropological observations with more universal theoretical and political debates. Times have changed. Anthropology has begun to approach more systematically other social and ... approach the heritage discourse as a (dominant) socio-political instrument to redefine cultures. My main disagreement with Grazing Communities lies here. Heritage might be used to reinvent cultures, produce
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