Pastoralism and Rangeland Management on the Tibetan Plateau in ...

angel<strong>and</strong> management. In terms of poverty alleviation <strong>and</strong> development, we
can have the following guidelines:
�� In order to increase support at the national level, we need to think outside
of the pastoral development box, <strong>and</strong> consider the likelihood of using
external resources to ease pressures on our own rangel<strong>and</strong> resources.
�� In case of rapidly increasing population, livestock <strong>and</strong> per capita income,
we should be even more concerned about the needs of the poor in pastoral
communities, taking more effective measures to assist households <strong>and</strong>
help them develop stable livelihoods for their families <strong>and</strong> finding their
way out of poverty.
�� Economic <strong>and</strong> social development does not automatically resolve the
problem of poverty. There must be specific policies targeting pastoral
poverty, prioritizing the development of vulnerable groups.
�� Pastoral poverty reduction should be based on disaster prevention <strong>and</strong>
addressing vulnerabilities. We must be determined to use the most
effective resources to address the most likely causes of poverty. The faster
the action, the more we can gain from the initiative.
�� In order to change traditional livestock production involves introducing
more market mechanisms to promote contact of the pastoral communities
with the outside world, encouraging commercial <strong>and</strong> business activities in
pastoral areas, encouraging herders to exchange their livestock products
for fertilizer <strong>and</strong> other means of production <strong>and</strong> restoring the traditional
exchange relations between agriculture <strong>and</strong> pastoralism.
�� We must ease the pressure on the pastoral ecology <strong>and</strong> invest more energy
in efficient, sustainable <strong>and</strong> environmentally friendly household-oriented
business models. By improving household operations we hope to enhance
the environmental conditions.
�� Pastoral development is not only about building fairness <strong>and</strong> equity
<strong>and</strong> intensifying poverty alleviation efforts, but also about having the
determination to change the mode of development. In short, we are
aiming to achieve transformation from a model of high consumption <strong>and</strong>
low yield, regardless of cost, to a model of intensive use of resources with
input-output balance, realizing our development by exporting products
<strong>and</strong> services.
�� Development of pastoralism <strong>and</strong> rangel<strong>and</strong> management must have
solid scientific <strong>and</strong> technological support. Attention should be paid to
data accumulation, lessons learnt <strong>and</strong> increasing investment in human
resources.
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