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DOI	10.1016/j.lusepol.2021.105896
	Improving herders' income through alpine grassland husbandry on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
	Qian, Qian; Wang, Junbang; Zhang, Xiujuan; Wang, Shaoqiang; Li, Yingnian; Wang, Qinxue; Watson, Alan E.; Zhao, Xinquan
通讯作者	Wang, JB (通讯作者)，Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Ecosyst Sci Data Ctr, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modeling, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China. ; Zhang, XJ (通讯作者)，Yangtze Univ, Coll Hort & Gardening, Jingzhou 434023, Peoples R China.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0264-8377
EISSN	1873-5754
卷号	113
英文摘要	Promoting sustainability of ecosystems and economic development is a dual national objective in China, as well as one of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. The Three-River Headwaters Region, where a National Park initiative has been initiated in the pastoral region of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, is one of the key pilot projects in China with sustainability targets for 2025 and 2035. This paper assesses the possibility of achieving established targets for the proportion of cultivated to available grassland. These targets consider both ecosystem protection and herders' livelihoods. An income simulation model was first developed to estimate the percentage of cultivated grassland area necessary from the natural grasslands to achieve the target income. The model was developed using income and livestock data from the annual yearbook for 2018, then applied to estimate conditions for three counties in the eastern region. Presently the rangelands are seriously overgrazed with income just reaching above the poverty level. If livestock were decreased to a theoretical carrying capacity level, income would decrease to lower than the poverty level, even considering a livestock feeding system to achieve higher production levels. Under these circumstances, in order to reach income targets in 2025, one option centered on income production from livestock requires 5% of grasslands to be cultivated to produce forage for livestock. However, achieving income targets in 2035 will become very difficult because the needed proportion was estimated to increase to 14%. An alternative was to transport extra forage from the agriculture region of eastern Qinghai province. The local government should consider these two options to improve herders' income along with maintaining the traditional nomadic culture and sustainable ecosystems. The approach used to develop and apply this model could be applied to predict income changes accompanying future climate scenarios and to propose policies aimed at sustainability of ecosystems and economies for grasslands worldwide.
关键词	ECOSYSTEM SERVICES CLIMATE-CHANGE CHINA VARIABILITY MANAGEMENT POLICY
英文关键词	Ecological conservation; Herders ' income; Sustainability; Grassland use
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Environmental Studies
WOS记录号	WOS:000780443600004
来源期刊	LAND USE POLICY
来源机构	中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/254805
作者单位	[Qian, Qian; Wang, Junbang; Wang, Shaoqiang] Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Ecosyst Sci Data Ctr, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modeling, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China; [Qian, Qian; Zhang, Xiujuan] Yangtze Univ, Coll Hort & Gardening, Jingzhou 434023, Peoples R China; [Wang, Junbang; Li, Yingnian; Zhao, Xinquan] Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Plateau Biol, Xining 810008, Peoples R China; [Wang, Qinxue] Natl Inst Environm Studies, Ctr Reg Environm Res, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 123058506, Japan; [Watson, Alan E.] US Forest Serv, USDA, Rocky Mt Res Stn, Missoula, MT 59801 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Qian, Qian,Wang, Junbang,Zhang, Xiujuan,et al. Improving herders' income through alpine grassland husbandry on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau[J]. 中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院,2022,113.
APA	Qian, Qian.,Wang, Junbang.,Zhang, Xiujuan.,Wang, Shaoqiang.,Li, Yingnian.,...&Zhao, Xinquan.(2022).Improving herders' income through alpine grassland husbandry on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.LAND USE POLICY,113.
MLA	Qian, Qian,et al."Improving herders' income through alpine grassland husbandry on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau".LAND USE POLICY 113(2022).