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- Title
Perceptions and adaptation strategies of herders in desert steppe of Inner Mongolia to climate change.
- Authors
HAN Ying; HOU Xiang-yang
- Abstract
Desert steppe is very vulnerable to climate change. The herders caring for their livestock in such a natural environment have to face the challenges of rapid climate change. In this paper, a household鄄level questionnaire was conducted in the Suniteyou District of Inner Mongolia, China,aimed to analyze the herders爷perceptions and adaptation strategies to climate change, extreme climate events in particular. In this Steppe where precipitation is rare and meteorological disasters are frequent, drought is the main extreme climate event with the broadest affecting area, the highest affecting degree, and the greatest frequency. The sensitivity of the herders to drought is far higher than that to other extreme climate events, and also, the perceptions to drought induce the herders having deep perceptions to the extreme climate events such as strong wing, dust storm, and heavy snow. Relative to the perceptions to long鄄term climate change, the perceptions to short鄄term climate change are more deep and precise. The herders can estimate the long鄄term climate change trend according to their perceptions to the latest 10 years climate change. They attribute the poor livestock health and the reduced forage yield greatly to climate change. Yet, the herders are inexperienced in implementing efficient adaptation strategies. Generally, their adaptation measures are quite simplex and rather passive.
- Subjects
MONGOLIA; CHINA; HERDERS; DESERTS; CLIMATE change; LIVESTOCK
- Publication
Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao, 2011, Vol 22, Issue 4, p913
- ISSN
1001-9332
- Publication type
Article