DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109889
论文题名: Managing risks related to climate variability in rangeland-based livestock production: What producer driven strategies are shared and prevalent across diverse dryland geographies?
作者: Espeland E.K. ; Schreeg L. ; Porensky L.M.
刊名: Journal of Environmental Management
ISSN: 3014797
出版年: 2020
卷: 255 语种: 英语
英文关键词: Adaptation
; Arid rangelands
; Diversification
; Forage demand
; Forage supply
; Social networks
Scopus关键词: adaptive management
; annual variation
; climate change
; climate variation
; livestock
; livestock farming
; rainfall
; rangeland
; social network
; climate change
; forage
; geography
; human
; lifestyle
; livestock
; nonhuman
; problem solving
; profit
; rangeland
; review
; risk management
; social network
; synthesis
; animal
; climate
; environmental protection
; geography
; Animalia
; Animals
; Climate
; Conservation of Natural Resources
; Geography
; Livestock
; Risk Management
英文摘要: Rangeland-based livestock production (RBLP) primarily occurs in drylands where interannual variation in rainfall directly and indirectly affects economies, plant primary productivity (forage production), and livestock reproduction and mortality. Tight ecological and economic links to climate variation constrain production in dryland systems, but producers have a breadth of strategies to reduce climate-related risks and maintain RBLP. Research on these strategies has focused on context-specific tactics linked to specific systems and/or geographies. Inspired by studies that look for broader patterns to offer frameworks for discourse and to advance collective knowledge, we review global literature to identify risk management strategies related to climate variability that are in widespread use across dryland rangeland systems and geographies. We organize strategies within three key decision areas for producers engaged in RBLP: profit and return options, land use, and herd management. Across the decision areas, four strategies emerge as playing a strong role in risk management across the globe, with refinements based on local conditions. These shared and prevalent producer driven strategies are dynamic management of forage supply (in the decision area of land use), dynamic management of animal demand (in the area of herd management), and diversification and use of social networks (both of which apply across all three decision areas). Within each of the decision areas, we found diversification reduces climate related risks but has circumstances under which it is less effective; for example, large landholders already buffered to risk via landscape diversity benefit less from livelihood diversification. In practice, implementation of the four strategies often results in livestock producers who do not maximize short-term profits but instead prioritize land resilience, large herd sizes, lifestyle goals, and longer-term economic sustainability. In this synthesis, we considered existing producer strategies for reducing risk related to climate related variability – an intrinsic and defining characteristic of dryland rangelands – in order to highlight valuable areas in which research can support problem solving across diverse RBLP geographies and economies, especially in a changing climate. © 2019 Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/159862
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作者单位: Research Ecologist, Pest Management Research Unit, Northern Plains Agricultural Laboratory, 1500 N Central Ave, Sidney, MT 59270, United States; Agricultural Development Officer, Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NWWashington D.C. 20004, United States; Research Ecologist, Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, 1701 Centre Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80526, United States
Recommended Citation:
Espeland E.K.,Schreeg L.,Porensky L.M.. Managing risks related to climate variability in rangeland-based livestock production: What producer driven strategies are shared and prevalent across diverse dryland geographies?[J]. Journal of Environmental Management,2020-01-01,255