TY - BOOK AU - Grice,A.C. AU - Hodgkinson,K.C. ED - Global rangelands: progress and prospects. VI International Rangeland Congress on 'People and Rangelands: Building the Future', Townsville, Australia, 1999. TI - Global rangelands: progress and prospects. VI International Rangeland Congress on 'People and Rangelands: Building the Future', Townsville, Australia, 1999 T2 - CABI Books SN - 9780851997537 PY - 2002/// CY - Wallingford UK PB - CABI Publishing KW - environmental policy KW - desertification KW - opinions KW - range pastures KW - biodiversity KW - plant communities KW - sustainability KW - land resources KW - water resources KW - community involvement KW - rangelands KW - range management N2 - Although traditionally defined as areas where natural vegetation is exploited for grazing by domestic and native herbivores, rangelands are used by many different people, for a host of purposes. As well as livestock products, rangelands provide fuels, minerals and water and are used for ecotourism, recreation, nature conservation and as carbon sinks. More than half of the earth's land surface is rangeland and millions of people, both within and outside the rangelands, depend on them. This book addresses the important issues confronting the rangelands and presents new concepts and approaches for the management of rangeland resources. It is relevant to the people who live in or depend on the rangelands, and to the institutions and organisations that support them UR - https://cabi-prod.literatumonline.com/action/showBook?doi=10.1079%2F9780851995236.0000 ER -