Economically Efficient Rangeland Management to Sustain Ecosystem Function and Livelihoods
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Reorienting land degradation towards sustainable land management: linking sustainable livelihoods with ecosystem services in rangeland systems.
This paper identifies new ways of moving from land degradation towards sustainable land management through the development of economic mechanisms. It identifies new mechanisms to tackle land degradation based on retaining critical levels of natural capital whilst basing livelihoods on a wider range of ecosystem services. This is achieved through a case study analysis of the Kalahari rangelands ...
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