Possible solutions to environmental degradation in the
Mongolian Grassland Biome would be government instituted land rights which
would promote land tenure security, thus avoiding the “tragedy of the commons.”
The Mongolian government could also set aside some of the grassland as
protected areas, resettle displaces herders, promote range grazing (which is
more sustainable), and improve government land management legislation overall.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
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Table
Table
source: Table from Li et. al. article
The table above reveals statistics for 16
randomly selected households in Inner Mongolia which were commercially involved
in livestock breeding. All of these households were
experiencing drops in their income compared to previous years. According to Li,
this drop can be attributed to the degradation of the grasslands: “Because of
ecological degradation and excessive cutting, the grassland could not supply
enough hay, the herders have to expend much money to buy hay from outside. For
most of the households the hay expenditure accounted for more than 50% of the
total cost, while in the husbandry year 2000, the expenditure for buying hay
only accounted for 22% of total expenses” (Li et al) . The amount of hay which could be extracted from the
grassland has decreased at a disturbing rate, thus revealing the alarming rate
of grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia as a whole.
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