Improving rangeland climate services for ranchers and pastoralists with social science
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چکیده
Rangeland climate services — knowledge resources that integrate information on to facilitate decision-making for ranchers and pastoralists have the potential sustainable decisions under variable conditions. Yet design of often fails fully address behavioral, cultural, social, institutional factors motivate or disincentivize end-users. Thus, we review how research risk uncertainty preferences, different ways knowing, social relations, arrangements affect use these services. We focus web-based provide two case examples used in United States globally. conclude with considerations improving rangeland services, instance, by including end-users development process.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1877-3443', '1877-3435']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2021.07.001