Sustainability of Transhumance Grazing Systems under Socio-economic Threats in Langtang,Nepal  

作　　者：Suman ARYAL Tek Narayan MARASENI Geoff COCKFIELD 

机构地区：[1]Faculty of Business and Law, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia [2]Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia

出　　处：《Journal of Mountain Science》2014年第4期1023-1034,共12页山地科学学报（英文）

摘　　要：The decline or loss of traditional social- ecological systems may induce adverse effects to the societies and ecosystems. Transhumance, the recurring and seasonal movement of grazing livestock, is increasingly constrained by a numbers of factors including policy, land use and soeio-economic changes in Nepal. To explore how these changes have affected the transhumance, this study investigated transhumance at the Langtang valley in central Nepal. The specific objectives of this study were to determine the herd size and composition, spatial-temporal patterns and to identify the major drivers of the system and the system changes. Data were collected from field study comprising semi-structured interviews with the herders, focus group discussions, key informants survey, and observations of rangeland and livestock management systems. The study revealed that the transhumanee system in the Langtang is influenced by two types of drivers. In one hand, traditional practices are contributing to the sustainability of the system. On the other hand, the grazing patterns and adaptive responses are strongly influenced by changes in government policies, socioeconomic and cultural transformation, livestock productivity, markets, rangeland conditions and climate change. The findings of this study help with the development and implementation of transhumance management policy for the sustainability.

关 键 词：Chauri DRIVERS Langtang Nepal TRANSHUMANCE 

分 类 号：X22[环境科学与工程—环境科学] F335.5[经济管理—产业经济]