Eco-politics of rangeland management in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region:articulating ecology into food sovereignty,environmental security,development and peace for a sustainable world

摘要

@@Introduction Rangelands are the uncultivated areas or abandoned cultivated areas and occasionally fallow lands that harbour natural or seeded/ planted vegetation of herbaceous and woody species and that serve as habitats of a variety of wild animals,support domesticated animals,provide unique products and ecosystem services especially vital for the livelihoods of livestock-dependent communities (Singh 2007).