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- The book is rich with new data presented in 68 easy to understand charts/graphs (many in color) and 50 Tables as well as photos of this little known region
- Presenting previously inaccessible Russian reports and scientific literature
- Original information on land stewardship in Central Asia and its potential to arrest land degradation, conserve biodiversity and guarantee sustainable livelihoods
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This volume of 18 chapters is the work of more than 30 authors, many of whom are natives of the Central Asian region or are researchers who have dedicated a large part of their working lives to studying the development dynamics in this vast and fascinating region. The work focuses on the 20 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990. But it also traces the attitudes of land users to the land dating from before the late 19th century, when Russian conquest and colonization occurred, and through the upheavals caused by Soviet-style collectivization and sedentarization. The book is rich with new data presented in 68 easy to understand charts/graphs (many in color) and 50 Tables. Information was generated for this book by experts working in-country. It presents for the first time in English a digest of plethora of previously inaccessible Russian reports and scientific literature that will be invaluable for development agencies, including UN, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Islamic Bank as well as to students of this vast and fascinating region who seek up to date and authoritive information.
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Book Title: Rangeland Stewardship in Central Asia
Book Subtitle: Balancing Improved Livelihoods, Biodiversity Conservation and Land Protection
Editors: Victor Squires
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5367-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5366-2Published: 20 November 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9234-0Published: 14 December 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-5367-9Published: 27 November 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVI, 460
Topics: Agriculture, Economic Geography, Sustainable Development, Environmental Management, Regional and Cultural Studies