干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Socio-historical and structural factors linked to land degradation and desertification in Namibia's former Herero 'homelands'

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DOI	10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104151
	Socio-historical and structural factors linked to land degradation and desertification in Namibia's former Herero 'homelands'
	Schwieger, Diego A. Menestrey; Mbidzo, Meed
通讯作者	Schwieger, DAM
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
ISSN	0140-1963
EISSN	1095-922X
出版年	2020
卷号	178
英文摘要	Accounts of land degradation and desertification in Namibian communal rangelands have seldom illustrated the broader historical context and structural frameworks within which these social-ecological processes have emerged. This paper aims to address this gap, and argues that it is necessary to take into account past state interventions and policies so as to thoroughly understand the drivers of land degradation problems in these parts of the country. Taking the case of Herero pastoralism as an example, the paper shows how a pre-colonial pastoral system keeping overgrazing at bay, but was radically transformed by the colonial state, and illustrates how current land degradation problems in the former Herero 'homelands' are intrinsically linked to past colonial interventions and policies. The analysis shows, however, that despite the calamities of colonialism and its legacies, key rangeland management practices of Herero pastoralism have not entirely disappeared, thus maintaining livestock rearing in the region as a viable way of life.
英文关键词	Land degradation Desertification Namibia Communal rangelands Pastoralism
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000533505200014
WOS关键词	VEGETATION CHANGE ; PERCEPTIONS ; RANGELANDS ; REALITIES ; DYNAMICS ; ECOLOGY ; SCIENCE
WOS类目	Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/324482
作者单位	[Schwieger, Diego A. Menestrey] Univ Cologne, Dept Social & Cultural Anthropol, Cologne, Germany; [Mbidzo, Meed] Namibia Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Agr & Nat Resources Sci, Windhoek, Namibia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Schwieger, Diego A. Menestrey,Mbidzo, Meed. Socio-historical and structural factors linked to land degradation and desertification in Namibia's former Herero 'homelands'[J],2020,178.
APA	Schwieger, Diego A. Menestrey,&Mbidzo, Meed.(2020).Socio-historical and structural factors linked to land degradation and desertification in Namibia's former Herero 'homelands'.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,178.
MLA	Schwieger, Diego A. Menestrey,et al."Socio-historical and structural factors linked to land degradation and desertification in Namibia's former Herero 'homelands'".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 178(2020).