Track 3-01: Improving Livelihoods from Grasslands by Balancing Human Needs and the Environment
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Publication Date
2015
Location
New Delhi, India
Description
Although the concept of livestock carrying capacity is highly controversial (Gillson and Hoffman 2007; Roe 1997), it is still used as the key index for grassland management, especially in China. ‘X city’ which has enacted a Lives-tock and Forage Balance Policy (LFBP) since the beginning of this century as part of a trial to test the effectiveness of the policy. The LFBP Implementing Rule in ‘X city’ (Trial Implementation) developed in 2002 was designed with the purpose of trying to adjust the utilization of grassland based on a predetermined livestock carrying capacity (LCC). We collected information on the LCC adopted by herders LCC and the LCC determined by local government in ‘X City’ to determine which LCC was more like to be sustainable, given that sustainable management by definition must be economically viable, ecologically sensible and socially acceptable.
[Editor’s note: given some sensitivity of the research the city and county locations have not been disclosed]
Citation
Yang, Li and Li, Suying, "Research on the Most Sustainable Livestock Carrying Capacity in Grassland Management" (2015). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 6.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/22/3-1/6)
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Research on the Most Sustainable Livestock Carrying Capacity in Grassland Management
New Delhi, India
Although the concept of livestock carrying capacity is highly controversial (Gillson and Hoffman 2007; Roe 1997), it is still used as the key index for grassland management, especially in China. ‘X city’ which has enacted a Lives-tock and Forage Balance Policy (LFBP) since the beginning of this century as part of a trial to test the effectiveness of the policy. The LFBP Implementing Rule in ‘X city’ (Trial Implementation) developed in 2002 was designed with the purpose of trying to adjust the utilization of grassland based on a predetermined livestock carrying capacity (LCC). We collected information on the LCC adopted by herders LCC and the LCC determined by local government in ‘X City’ to determine which LCC was more like to be sustainable, given that sustainable management by definition must be economically viable, ecologically sensible and socially acceptable.
[Editor’s note: given some sensitivity of the research the city and county locations have not been disclosed]
