This paper reviews the predictions and management implications of two current paradigms
in the ecology and management of arid and semi-arid rangelands. The equilibrium model …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on ways to increase sequestration and retention of
carbon (C) in soils. The chapter also monitors the actual C sequestration accomplished in …

Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-
based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However …

The concept of 'sustainable livelihoods' is increasingly important in the development debate.
This paper 0utlines—a framework for analysing sustainable livelihoods, defined here in …

Certain terms and expressions that relate to the environment are problematic in that they
vary widely in usage within and between disciplines, and several have been used as …

Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) remains a popular policy with
many international funding institutions, in spite of growing evidence of its disappointing …

As part of a series of papers to mark the 21st year of publication of Disasters, it is opportune
to consider some of the changes that have occurred in the field it has covered so diligently …

The “new ecology” underscores the role of nonequilibrium conditions in biophysical
environments, a reorientation of biological ecology based in part on biogeography. This …

There is a strong link between desertification of the drylands and emission of CO 2 from soil
and vegetation to the atmosphere. Thus, there is a strong need to revisit the desertification …

The dynamics of arid and semiarid grazing systems are prone to the effects of highly
variable rainfall, with droughts causing frequent episodic mortality in herbivore populations …