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dc.contributor.authorSingh, Navinder
dc.contributor.authorBhatnagar, Yash Veer
dc.contributor.authorLecomte, Nicolas
dc.contributor.authorFox, Joseph L.
dc.contributor.authorYoccoz, Nigel
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-21T09:29:46Z
dc.date.available2014-03-21T09:29:46Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractNomadic pastoralism has thrived in Asia’s rangelands for several millennia by tracking seasonal changes in forage productivity and coping with a harsh climate. This pastoralist lifestyle, however, has come under intense transformations in recent decades due to socio-political and land use changes. One example is of the high-altitude trans-Himalayan rangelands of the Jammu and Kashmir State in northern India: major socio-political reorganisation over the last five decades has significantly impacted the traditional pasture use pattern and resources. We outline the organizational transformations and movement patterns of the Rupshu pastoralists who inhabit the region. We demonstrate the changes in terms of intensification of pasture use across the region as well as a social reorganisation due to accommodation of Tibetan refugees following the Sino-Indian war in 1961 to 1962. We focus in particular on the Tso Kar basin - an important socio-ecological system of livestock herding and biodiversity in the eastern Ladakh region. The post-war developmental policies of the government have contributed to these modifications in traditional pasture use and present a threat to the rangelands as well as to the local biodiversity. In the Tso Kar basin, the number of households and livestock has almost doubled while pasture area has declined by half. These changes have potentially negative consequences for the long-term resilience of nomadic pastoralism as well as for the survival of rare local wildlife. To increase the pastoralist standard of living, having fewer pastoralists may be the only solution, and alternative livelihood options may bring this about. Development programmes should concentrate on enhancing opportunities for herders so that there is a greater diversity of employment opportunities and potentially better chances for the persistence of biodiversity.en
dc.identifier.citationPastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2013), vol. 3:16en
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1100973
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2041-7136-3-16
dc.identifier.issn2041-7128
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/6060
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_5736
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Agriculture disciplines: 910::Management of natural resources: 914en
dc.subjectVDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Landbruksfag: 910::Naturressursforvaltning: 914en
dc.titleNo longer tracking greenery in high altitudes: Pastoral practices of Rupshu nomads and their implications for biodiversity conservationen
dc.typeJournal articleen
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dc.typePeer revieweden


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