Rangeland ecosystems which include unimproved grasslands, shrublands, savannas and semi-deserts, support half of the world s livestock, while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the pressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land use, over-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestock and crops. Leading experts have pooled their experiences from all continents to cover the ecological, sociological, political, veterinary, and economic aspects of rangeland management today. This book provides practitioners and students of rangeland management and wildland conservation with a diversity of perspectives on a central question: can rangelands be wildlands? The first book to examine rangelands from a conservation perspective Emphasizes the balance between the needs of people and livestock, and wildlife Written by an international team of experts covering all geographical regions Examines ecological, sociological, political, veterinary, and economic aspects of rangeland management and wildland conservation, providing a diversity of perspectives not seen before in a single volume

Rangeland ecosystems which include unimproved grasslandsshrublands, savannas and semi-deserts, support half of theworld's livestock, while also providing habitats for some ofthe most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines thepressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land useover-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestockand crops. Leading experts have pooled their experiences from allcontinents to cover the ecological, sociological, politicalveterinary, and economic aspects of rangeland management today.This book provides practitioners and students ofrangeland management and wildland conservation with a diversity ofperspectives on a central question: can rangelands be wildlands?* The first book to examine rangelands from a conservationperspective* Emphasizes the balance between the needs of people andlivestock, and wildlife* Written by an international team of experts covering allgeographical regions* Examines ecological, sociological, political, veterinary, andeconomic aspects of rangeland management and wildland conservationproviding a diversity of perspectives not seen before in a singlevolume

Contributors viiPreface xvForeword by Anthony R.E. Sinclair and George B. Schaller xix1. Introduction: A Review of Rangeland Conservation Issues in an Uncertain Future 1Monica L. Wrobel and Kent H. RedfordPart I Thematic Reviews 132. Riding the Rangelands Piggyback: A Resilience Approach to Conservation Management 15Brian Walker3. Addressing the Mismatches between Livestock Production and Wildlife Conservation across Spatio-temporal Scales and Institutional Levels 30Johan T. du Toit4. Rangeland Conservation and Shrub Encroachment: New Perspectives on an Old Problem 53Steven R. Archer5. Health and Disease in Wild Rangelands 98Richard Kock, Mike Kock, Sarah Cleaveland and Gavin Thomson6. Contemporary Views of Human-Carnivore Conflicts on Wild Rangelands 129Alexandra Zimmermann, Nick Baker, Chloe Inskip, John D.C. Linnell, Silvio Marchini, John Odden, Gregory Rasmussen and Adrian Treves7. Financial Incentives for Rangeland Conservation: Addressing the 'Show-Us-the-Money' Challenge 152Ray Victurine and Charles CurtinPart II Case Studies 1898. Biodiversity Conservation in Australian Tropical Rangelands 191Stephen T. Garnett, John C.Z. Woinarski, Gabriel M. Crowley and Alex S. Kutt9. Livestock Grazing and Wildlife Conservation in the American West: Historical, Policy and Conservation Biology Perspectives 235Thomas L. Fleischner10. Guanaco Management in Patagonian Rangelands: A Conservation Opportunity on the Brink of Collapse 266Ricardo Baldi, Andrés Novaro, Martín Funes, Susan Walker, Pablo Ferrando, Mauricio Failla and Pablo Carmanchahi11. Multiple Use of Trans-Himalayan Rangelands: Reconciling Human Livelihoods with Wildlife Conservation 291Charudutt Mishra, Sumanta Bagchi, Tsewang Namgail and Yash Veer Bhatnagar12. Herders and Hunters in a Transitional Economy: The Challenge of Wildlife and Rangeland Management in Post-socialist Mongolia 312Katie M. Scharf, María E. Fernández-Giménez, Batjav Batbuyan and Sumiya Enkhbold13. Social and Economic Challenges for Conservation in East African Rangelands: Land use, Livelihoods and Wildlife Change in Maasailand 340Katherine Homewood and D. Michael Thompson14. The Future for Wildlife on Kenya's Rangelands: An Economic Perspective 367Michael Norton-Griffiths and Mohammed Y. Said15. Synthesis: Local and Global Solutions to the Challenge of Keeping Rangelands Wild 393James C. DeutschIndex 403