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dc.contributor.authorLim, Michelle
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-18T00:47:55Z
dc.date.available2017-08-18T00:47:55Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.issn1746-5893
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/141199
dc.description.abstractEnhanced rangeland governance is a priority for the governments of the post-Soviet Central Asian states of the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan. Major transitional challenges confront the newly independent states of Central Asia. These challenges include the withdrawal of subsidies previously provided by the centralised Soviet government; moves towards privatisation and the conversion of administrative boundaries to international boundaries. In this context transboundary approaches to rangeland management are essential. This paper highlights the challenges for effective pasture management in the Pamir, Pamir-Alai ecosystem; the inadequacies of pasture-related legal instruments and the absence of institutions for the implementation of these instruments. Transboundary management is hampered by the lack of agreements between the two countries and the differences between national level laws and institutions. Meaningful transboundary agreements and the harmonization of national level laws would be a significant step towards achieving sustainable transboundary pasture management. However, on their own these legal tools are insufficient. Long-term effective pasture management in the Pamir, Pamir-Alai ecosystem necessitates that the causes of degradation are addressed. Mountain communities would also need to be convinced of economic and other benefits before current resource-use practices could be expected to change. Institutional and capacity building and adequate funding are also fundamental to ensuring the effectiveness of any legal instruments that are developed and any strategies that are employed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageenglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInternational Environmental Law Research Centre
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.lead-journal.org/abstracts/12043.htm
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom45
dc.relation.ispartofpageto58
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLaw, Environment and Development Journal
dc.relation.ispartofvolume8
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental and Natural Resources Law
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode180111
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1801
dc.titleLaws, Institutions and Transboundary Pasture Management in the High Pamir and Pamir-Alai Mountain Ecosystem of Central Asia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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