Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; List of figures; List of Boxes\nPART 1 The Context\n1. Central Asia\'s Bio-Physical Context: Key Features, Challenges, Responses and Opportunities; Daniel Masseli and Inam-ur-Rahim\n2. Better land stewardship: an economic and environmental imperative if there is to be sustainable development; Victor Squires\n3. Evolution of land use in nomadic culture in Central Asia with special reference to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan; R.M. Rahimon\nPART 2 Land stewardship: from concept to practice\n4. Land stewardship in practice - An example from the Eastern Pamirs of Tajikistan; Kim André Vanselow, Tobias Kraudzun and Cyrus Samimi\n5. Better land stewardship to avert poverty and land degradation in Afghanistan; M.H. Emadi\n6. Extensive Livestock Production: Afghanistan\'s Kuchi herders, risks to and strategies for their survival; Michael Jacobs and Catherine A. Schloeder\n7. Constraints and barriers to better land stewardship: analysis of PRAs in Tajikistan; Barno Kurbanova\nPART 3 Protecting Rural livelihoods: the key to land stewardship\n8. Rural livelihoods in Tajikistan: what factors and policies influence the income and well-being of rural families; Zvi Lerman\n9. Livestock management problems and policies in Tajikistan: implications for land stewardship; David Sedik\n10. Rangeland-based livestock: a vital sub sector under threat in Tajikistan; Paul J.H. Strong and Victor Squires\nPART 4 Creating the enabling environment\n11. Pastoral Tenure in Central Asia: theme and variation in the five former Soviet republics; Sarah Robinson, Stefan Michel, Christoph Wiedemann, Yerlan Zhumabayev and Navinder Singh\n12. Governance and the role of institutions in sustainable development; Victor Squires\n13. Land Tenure Reform in Tajikistan: Implications For Land Stewardship and Social Sustainability: A Case study; Nargis Halimova PART 5 Land protection\n14. Engaging with land users; the first steps on a long road; Hua Limin and Zhang Degang\n15. Fostering community-based stewardship of wildlife in Central Asia: transforming snow leopards from pests into valued assets; Rodney Jackson\n16. Participatory Management of Desert Rangelands to Improve Food Security and Sustain the Natural Resource Base in Uzbekistan; M. Shaumarov, K.N. Toderich, E.V. Shuyskaya, S. Ismail, T. Radjabov & Osamu Kozan\nPART 6 Where to from here?\n17. International perspectives on legislative and administrative reforms as an aid to better land stewardship in Central Asia; Ian Hannam\n18. Conclusions and a way forward; John E. Leake\nGlossary of terms; List of abbreviations and acronyms;Index
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