A new range management profession is emerging, one where technical concerns interact with broader social, economic and cultural issues. This is becoming increasingly Important as greater pressures are exerted on the rangelands from a variety of different users. New perspectives on range management suggest an increasing focus on managing risk and sustaining livelihoods in the rangelands, combined with emphasis on conflict negotiation over multiple use. New concepts, new skills and methods, and new ways of working will be vital to meet these challenges during the next century.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BehnkeR., ScoonesI., and KervenC. (eds) (1993) Range Ecology at Disequilibrium: New Models of Natural Variability and Pastoral Adaptation in African Savannas. Overseas Development Institute, London.
2.
CampbellA. (1994) Community first: Landcare in Australia. In: ScoonesI., and ThompsonJ. (eds), Beyond Farmer First: Rural People's Knowledge, Agricultural Research and Extension Practice. IT Publications, London, pp. 252–258.
3.
ChambersR. (1993) Challenging the Professions: Frontiers for Rural Development. Intermediate Technology Publications, London.
4.
CousinsB. (1995) A role for common property institutions in land redistribution programmes in South Africa. Sustainable Agriculture Gatekeeper Series SA53. IIED, London.
5.
DanielsS.E. (1996) The social and political forces shaping range management in the United States: historical trends and vectors of change. In: WestN. (ed.), Rangelands in a Sustainable Biosphere. Proceedings of the Fifth International Rangelands Congress, Volume II. Society for Range Management, Denver, Colorado.
6.
De LeeuwP., and TothillJ. (1993) The concept of rangeland carrying capacity in sub-Saharan Africa: myth or reality? In: BehnkeR., ScoonesI., and KervenC. (eds.), Range Ecology at Disequilibrium: New Models of Natural Variability and Pastoral Adaptation in African Savannas. Overseas Development Institute, London, pp. 77–88.
7.
EllisJ., and SwiftD.M. (1988) Stability of African pastoral ecosystems: alternative paradigms and implications for development. Journal of Range Management41, 458–459.
8.
SandfordS. (1983) Management of Pastoral Development in the Third World. Wiley, Chichester.
9.
ScoonesI. (ed.) (1994) Living with Uncertainty: New Directions in Pastoral Development in Africa. Intermediate Technology Publications, London.
10.
SwiftJ.J. (1994) Dynamic ecological systems and the administration of pastoral development. In: ScoonesI. (ed.), Living with Uncertainty: New Directions in Pastoral Development in Africa. Intermediate Technology Publications, London, pp. 153–173.
11.
WalkerB. (1993) Rangeland ecology: understanding and managing change. Ambio22, 80–87.
12.
WalkerB.H. (1996) Having or eating the rangelands cake: a developed world perspective on future options. In: WestN. (ed.), Rangelands in a Sustainable Biosphere. Proceedings of the Fifth International Rangelands Congress, Volume II. Society for Range Management, Denver, Colorado.
13.
WestN. (ed.) (1996) Rangelands in a Sustainable Biosphere. Proceedings of the Fifth International Rangelands Congress, Volumes I and II. Society for Range Management, Denver, Colorado.
14.
WestobyM., WalkerB., and Noy-MeirI. (1989) Opportunistic management for rangelands not at equilibrium. Journal of Range Management42, 266–274.
15.
WorkmanJ. (1994) Higher federal grazing fees — impacts on Utah ranches. Rangelands16, 7–8.
