The Governance of Rangelands: Collective Action for Sustainable Pastoralism

ISBN-13: 9781138785144 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 298 str.

Jonathan Davies; Pedro Herrera; Pablo Manzano

Opis

Rangelands are large natural landscapes that can include grasslands, shrublands, savannahs and woodlands. They are greatly influenced by, and often dependent on, the action of herbivores. In the majority of rangelands the dominant herbivores are found in domestic herds that are managed by mobile pastoralists. Most pastoralists manage their rangelands communally, benefitting from the greater flexibility and seasonal resource access that common property regimes can offer. As this book shows, this creates a major challenge for governance and institutions.

This work improves our understanding of the importance of governance, how it can be strengthened and the principles that underpin good governance, in order to prevent degradation of rangelands and ensure their sustainability. It describes the nature of governance at different levels: community governance, state governance, international governance, and the unique features of rangelands that demand collective action (issues of scale, ecological disequilibrium and seasonality).

A series of country case studies is presented, drawn from a wide spectrum of examples from Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Europe and North America. These provide contrasting lessons which are summarised to promote improved governance of rangelands and pastoralist livelihoods.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Principles of Pastoralist Governance and Land Management  Pedro M. Herrera Calvo, Jonathan Davies and Pablo Manzano Baena  2. Governance of the Rangelands in a Changing World  Pedro M. Herrera Calvo, Jonathan Davies and Pablo Manzano Baena  3. Rangeland Resource Governance – Jordan Case  Fidaa F. Haddad  4. Ranchers, Land Tenure, and Grass-roots Governance: Maintaining Pastoralist Use of Rangelands in the US in Three Different Settings  Lynn Huntsinger, Nathan F. Sayre and Luke Macaulay  5.Community Governance of Natural Resources and Rangelands: the Case of the Eastern Highlands of Morocco  Abderrahim Boutaleb and Ilaria Firmian  6. Wetlands in Drylands in the Sahel: the Urgent Need for Good Joint Governance  Joost Brouwer  7. Current Situation and Future Perspectives for the Governance of AGRO-pastoral Resources in the Ait Ikis Transhumants of the High Atlas (Morocco)  Pablo Dominguez  8. Rangelands Management in Lebanon: Cases from Northern Lebanon and Bekaa  Elsa Sattout  9. Legal and Policy Aspects of Rangeland Management: Mongolia  Ian Hannam  10. Rangeland Governance in an Open System: Protecting Transhumance Corridors in the Far North Province of Cameroon  Mark Moritz, Larissa Bebisse Catherine, Albert K. Drent, Saïdou Kari, Arabi Mouhaman and Paul Scholte  11. Strengthening Communal Governance of Rangeland in Northern Kenya  Guyo Roba  12. Searching for Extensive Livestock Governance in the Northwestern Inland of Spain: Achievements from Two Case Studies in Castilla y León  Pedro M. Herrera Calvo  13. Strengthening Communal Rangelands Management in Botswana: Legal and Policy Opportunities and Constraints  Lael Buckham-Walsh and Cathrine Chipo Mutambirwa  14. Rebuilding Pastoral Governance: Lessons Learned and Conclusions  Pedro M. Herrera Calvo, Jonathan Davies and Pablo Manzano Baena  References