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NTRES 2201 1st Edition Lecture 12Outline of previous lectureI.AnnouncementII. FixesIII. AttitudesIV. DefinitionsV. NormsVI. Land ethicOutline of current lectureI. ReviewII. Tragedy of the commonsIII. PastoralismA) Case studyB) Second case studyIV. Tragedy of the commonsCurrent lectureI. Review*What kind of society have we covered so far?*Where did Enlightenment thinking about natural resources begin?*How do societies interact with natural resources?*How does the observed resource use pattern contribute to system resilience?*Can those societies avoid tragedy of the commons?II. Tragedy of the common*Adding one cow  benefit: +1, cost: -1/N… let’s do it!*Critique of Hardin: No social differentiation (not everyone competes with each other) and no institutions (there are regulations on individual behaviors)III. Pastoralism*The branch of agriculture concerned with raising livestock; animal husbandry, generally has a mobile aspect*Pastoralism occurs all over the globe*How does it work in the real world? Complicated system of rangeland ecosystems,pastoral mobility, and dynamics of pastoral wellbeing*Examples in the USA  beef cows, paddocks zoningA) Case studyThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.*Kazak pastoral society in China*The pastoral people live in permanent structures on the edge of the desert during winter, portable homes to move animals in summer*Mapped migration routes (in a year, people do the equivalent of moving their cattle from NY city to Ithaca and back)*Why do they spend the winter down in the desert? To escape the cold and snowin the Mountains*Factors affecting livestock herding-Mining/other development-Permanent structures-Rangeland degradation and government initiated conservation practicesB) Second case study*Ethiopia (Borana)*Transition from livestock herding to more diversified livelihood strategies*Extreme seasonality there (desert to green pasture)*Herding around the permanent settlement (take their animals out and return within the same day)*Methods: GPS tracking cattle movement, participatory mapping discussion*Speed vs time for animals*Daily herding ranges between 12 km and 18 km of total travel. However, different strategies cause them to either spread out very far from base camp or be very concentrate around it*There is a major behavior change when wet season changes to dry season and the other way around*Factors affecting livestock herding-Land enclosure (privatize the commons)-Water facility construction to attract clustered settlement-Transitioning from external aid to possibly dependence-Interventions by NGOs*Transhumant livestock herding*Sedentarized (one settlement that they leave and come back to)*Semi-nomadic (move from a winter home to a summer area to graze livestock*Nomadic (move around to many summer grazing location) IV. Tragedy of the commons*Two assumptions: freedom of the commons, all men pursuing their own best interest*Want to learn more? Check out Eleanor Ostrom (eight principals of managing the


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