Human,Livestock and Grass in Pastural Societies:A Case Study on Xilin Gol League State-Owned Pastureland B
After China's reform and opening-up,state-owned pastureland carried out a systemic reform of economic structure.To play an active role in the market economy,the herdsmen family improves livestock production through independent management of pastureland.The ecologically oriented policy-making encourages a"livestock to grassland"pattern change in pastoral areas.Grassland contracts have gradually separated pastures from animal husbandry management,and the market has dominated grass-livestock transactions.Meanwhile,family production experienced a great economic beneficial instability in the process of pastureland modernization and transformation.Therefore,local herders implemented a diversified livestock management approach to resist market risks.The result shows,that in the pastural societies,the coordination of natural ecology,human ecology,and human mentality contributes to the revitalization of pastoral areas and the balanced development of grassland ecology.Promoting a human,livestock,grass balance with a new development outlook enables a harmonious coexisting and conclusive diversified pastural societies,therefore achieving the modernization of harmony between humans and nature.