Causes of overgrazing in Inner Mongolian grasslands: Searching for deep leverage points of intervention

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• overgrazing 94%
• grassland 62%
• livestock 19%
• degradation 13%
• policy 12%
• income 11%
• economics 11%
• food provisioning 11%
• property rights 9%
• livestock farming 8%
• living standard 8%
• decoupling 7%
• quality of life 7%
• forage 7%
• poverty 7%
• food security 6%
• livelihood 6%
• participation 5%
• drought 5%
• sustainability 5%
• decision making 5%
• plateau 5%
• health 4%
• science 4%
• services 4%
• transition 4%
• vegetation 4%
• need 3%
• energy 3%
• water 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• overgrazing 100%
• grasslands 65%
• degradation 12%
• income 11%
• social inequality 11%
• livestock 11%
• property rights 11%
• environmental knowledge 9%
• livestock husbandry 9%
• food service 9%
• economics 9%
• indigenous knowledge 8%
• herd size 8%
• quality of life 8%
• poverty 8%
• livelihood 7%
• decision making 6%
• food security 6%
• interviews 6%
• plateaus 6%
• drought 5%
• species diversity 5%
• forage 5%
• vegetation 5%
• China 4%
• energy 4%
• water 2%