Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is an understanding of natural systems acquired
through long-term human interactions with particular landscapes. Traditional knowledge …

Sustainable range resource management relies heavily on the Traditional Ecological
Knowledge (TEK) of indigenous peoples who have long inhabited the rangelands. Data …

Land degradation leads to alteration of ecological and economic functions due to a
decrease in productivity and quality of the land. The aim of the present study was to assess …

Grassland covers 54% of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and suffered overgrazing and
degradation problems during past decades. To alleviate these problems, a series of policy …

Rangelands are among the important natural resources that are being degraded all around
the world. One of the effective ways to control rangeland degradation is to take the …

Grassland health assessment is the basis for formulating grassland protection policy.
However, there are few assessment methods that consider the angle of natural succession …

Land degradation usually leads to the loss of ecosystem services, which may threaten social
well-being. There is no approach to identify and manage all ecosystem services based on …

Land degradation has put the world's rangelands under intense pressure and reduced their
capacity to provide vital services to those who solely depend on them for survival. With the …

The current paper aims to assess the effects of landscape change in a mountain river basin
in the north of Iran through quantifying, mapping, and assessing carbon storage. The …

Rangelands primarily provide forage for grazing and browsing animals, yet their ecosystems
are degraded due to natural causes and anthropogenic activities such as pastoralism …